Old part of village of Vori
Nutrition: harvesting, hunting, fishing, animal husbandry, storage and preservation, consumption.
Architecture: quarry and building tools, scale models of typical Cretan buildings, door- and window-frames, metallic implements, doors, furniture.
Weaving: tools for processing weaving raw materials, fabrics and clothes.
Arts & Crafts and Commerce: workshops of various trades, complete collection of Cretan baskets and ceramic objects, weights & measures, coins
Transportation: means of transportation by man, beasts of burden, shipping.
Custom & ceremonies: ceremonial vessels and objects, photographs of carnivals, festive occasions, and so forth.
Social Organization: symbolic ethnology, religion, music, fine arts, ownership, war.
Architecture: quarry and building tools, scale models of typical Cretan buildings, door- and window-frames, metallic implements, doors, furniture.
Weaving: tools for processing weaving raw materials, fabrics and clothes.
Arts & Crafts and Commerce: workshops of various trades, complete collection of Cretan baskets and ceramic objects, weights & measures, coins
Transportation: means of transportation by man, beasts of burden, shipping.
Custom & ceremonies: ceremonial vessels and objects, photographs of carnivals, festive occasions, and so forth.
Social Organization: symbolic ethnology, religion, music, fine arts, ownership, war.
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Museum: The Permanent Exhibition
The Museum was built between 1976 and 1982 and inaugurated in 1988. Its temporary exhibition, following the exhibitive model of G.H. Rivière (ATP-Paris) presents itself on 500 m² occupying the ground - and first floor of the building. The exhibition presents 2.500 objects from all over Crete, witch reflect life in the Cretan Province during the second millenium AD.
The Museum was built between 1976 and 1982 and inaugurated in 1988. Its temporary exhibition, following the exhibitive model of G.H. Rivière (ATP-Paris) presents itself on 500 m² occupying the ground - and first floor of the building. The exhibition presents 2.500 objects from all over Crete, witch reflect life in the Cretan Province during the second millenium AD.
VORI
The Museum is open from
April 1st. to October 31st.
7 days a week, 10 to 18
During the winter season,
one may contact the Foun-dations Secretariat, in
order to arrange a visit.
April 1st. to October 31st.
7 days a week, 10 to 18
During the winter season,
one may contact the Foun-dations Secretariat, in
order to arrange a visit.
The Museum of Cretan Ethnology was created by the Messara Cultural Association, witch was founded in 1973, seated in the Vori Community, formerly the capital of the Pirgiotissa Province, witch stretches along the southern shores of the Heraklion Prefecture of Crete.
In 1992 the Association donated the Museum and its assets to the National Trust of the Hellenic State and thus created a Public benefit foundation under the name of Museum of the Cretan Ethnology Foundation are supervised an subsidized by the Hellenic ministry of Culture.
In 1992 the Association donated the Museum and its assets to the National Trust of the Hellenic State and thus created a Public benefit foundation under the name of Museum of the Cretan Ethnology Foundation are supervised an subsidized by the Hellenic ministry of Culture.
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70200 VORI
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