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  Administrative Information
 
 

Ô.Ê. 70007, Malia (Prefecture of Iraklio)

Telephone: +30 28970 31597
Fax: +302897031597
Email: efahra@culture.gr
 
 
Tickets
Full: €10, Reduced: €5
Special ticket package: Full: €10, Reduced: €5
Free admission days
 6 March (in memory of Melina Mercouri)
18 April (International Monuments Day)
18 May (International Museums Day)
The last weekend of September annually (European Heritage Days)
28 October
Reduced admission for:
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  Open

Winter:
From the 1rst of November 08.30-15.30 (last admission 15:15).Closed on Tuesdays

Notification:The archaeological site of Malia will remain closed to visitors from 15-10-2025 to 31-03-2026, due to work being carried out at the monument.

Summer:
from 1-4-2020: 08:00 – 20:00 (last admission 19:45)
from 1-9-2020: 08.00-19.30 (last admission 19:15)
from 16-9-2020 08.00-19.00 (last admission 18:45)
from 1-10-2020 : 08.00-18.30 (last admission 18:15)
from 16-10-2020: 08.00-18.00 (last admission 17:45)
Closed on Tuesdays

Notice from the Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion: the archaeological site of Malia will remain closed today, July 22/2026, from 12:00 to 17:00 due to high temperatures.
Holidays
 1 January: closed
6 January: 08:30 - 15:00
25 March: closed
Good Friday: 12:00 - 17:00
Holy Saturday: 08:30 - 16:00
Easter Sunday: closed
25 December: closed
26 December: closed
Celebration of labour day: closed
 
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See also
Other museums and archaeological sites in the same prefecture
Amnissos
Anemospelia
Archanes
Collection of Agios Matthaios of Sinai
Gortyna
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
Historical Museum of Crete
Knossos
Levena
Lychnostatis Open-air Museum