Museum Lychnostatis

At the east side of Chersonissos Port, the Cretan Open-air Museum Lychnostatis is located. It is a lively, folklore museum that brings together different aspects of the Cretan tradition and the popular culture of Crete.Four main collections are included in the museum. The first one is the Ethnographic Collection which is related to local occupations, local customs, social attitudes, lifestyle, legends and the other folklore- ethnographic elements.The second collection is the Collection of Cretan Flora. This one is presented in a garden that surrounds the museum and thus the visitors can be aware of Cretan plants and herbs as well as fruit trees. In addition, stones and minerals of Cretan island in a variety of sizes, shapes and colors such as quartzite, marbles, onyx, stones with organic and vegetable fossils etc. are exhibited.The third collection is the Folk Art Collection in which works of famous self-taught Cretan artists are presented. Their works of art are made with materials such as wood and stone and those artists are proved to be followers of anonymous folk art.The fourth and last collection of the museum is the Pre-Industrial Technology Collection in which machines, used during the pre-industrial period such as the windmill, the oil mill, the carob mill and the press of aromatic plants, are shown and they are a distinguishing feature of agricultural know-how.

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