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  Administrative Information
 
 

Official Unit:
Archaeological Museum of Herakleion

Xanthoudidou St. and Xatzidaki, Τ.Κ. 71202, Herakleion (Prefecture of Iraklio)

Telephone: 2810 279086, 2810 279000
Fax: 2810 279071
Email: amh@culture.gr

 
 
Tickets
Full: €4, Reduced: €2
Special ticket package: Full: €10, Reduced: €5
Valid for: Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Knossos
Free admission days
6 March (in memory of Melina Mercouri
5 June (International Enviroment Day)
18 April (International Monuments Day)
18 May (International Museums Day)
The last weekend of September annually (European Heritage Days)
Sundays in the period between 1 November and 31 March
National Holidays
The first Sunday of every month, except for July, August and September (when the first Sunday is holiday, then the second is the free admission day.)
27 September, International Tourism Day
Reduced admission for:
Citizens of the E.U. aged over 65
Students from countries outside the E.U.
Free admission for:
Journalists
Members of the ICOM-ICOMOS
Persons possessing a free admission card
Persons under 19
Soldiers carrying out their military service
Tour guides
University students from Greece and the E.U.
 
  Open

Winter:
From the 1st of November until the 31 of March 2010:
8:30-15:00

The Herakleion Archaeological Museum will remain closed from 13 November 2006 because of renovation works. From 25 of July 2007 only the temporary exhibition will function.

Holidays
1 January: closed
6 January: 08:30 - 15:00
Shrove Monday: 08:30 - 15:00
25 March: closed
Good Friday: 08:30 - 15:00
Holy Saturday: 08:30 - 15:00
1 May: closed
Easter Sunday: closed
Easter Monday: 08:30 - 15:00
Holy Spirit Day: 08:00 - 19:00
15 August: 08:00 - 19:00
28 October: 08:00 - 19:00
25 December: closed
26 December: closed
 
  Suggestive Bibliography
Βασιλάκης Α., Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ηρακλείου, Αθήνα χ.χ.
Σακελλαράκης Ι.Α., Μουσείο Ηρακλείου, Αθήνα 2003
 
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See also
Other museums in the same prefecture
Collection of Agia Aikaterini of Sinai
Collection of Agios Matthaios of Sinai
Historical Museum of Crete
Kazantzakis Museum
Lychnostatis Open-air Museum
Municipal Museum of the Battle of Crete and the National Resistance
Museum of Cretan Ethnology