A real insight into Crete<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cretan open- air Museum “LYCHNOSTATIS” is located at Hersonissos, by the sea- side. It consists of three main col- A real insight into Crete The Cretan open- air Museum “LYCHNOSTATIS” is located at Hersonissos, by the sea- side. It consists of three main col-lections:Nature & Flora Collection, with gardens of fruit- trees, aromatic herbs, cactus, shrubs and plants, stones and minerals of Crete.Ethnographic Collection, with presentation of Cretan traditional life (a stone- made farmhouse, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,16,17],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hersonissos","tag-lychnostatis","tag-museum"],"yoast_head":"\n
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Nature & Flora Collection<\/strong>, with gardens of fruit- trees, aromatic herbs, cactus, shrubs and plants, stones and minerals of Crete.
Ethnographic Collection<\/strong>, with presentation of Cretan traditional life (a stone- made farmhouse, a middle-class house, a chapel, an olive oil press, a windmill, a shepherd’s shelter, a threshing floor, a wine vat, a raki distillery, workshops of ceramics, weaving and plant dyeing, an old school, a bee’s & wax house).
Art collection<\/strong> with works of folk artists exhibited in the Folk Artist’s Gallery, the Open-Air Theatre and the Exhibitions’ Room.
The Traditional Products Department of the Museum produces various local products (extra virgin olive oil, organic honey, “raki”, herb-teas, fig pies, rose & carob-desserts,
ceramics e.t.c) available in the Museum’s shop.
The Museum organizes a range of educational programs and its Audiovisual Department produces films, CD- ROM’s, DVD’s presented daily in the Multimedia & Conference room.
The Museum was candidate for the European Museum of the Year Award in 2010 and honoured by the University of Crete in 1997 for its ecological activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“LYCHNOSTATIS” is open for daily visit with a
guided tour, from 9.00-14.00 (Saturday closed).
Photographs and video cameras (without tripod) are free of charge.
The Museum is partially accessible to
wheelchairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"