At the Lychnostatis Museum you are transported in the life of pre-modern Crete
There are several places in Crete where you can get a glimpse of what the island was like in pre-modern, pre-globalized days, and the Lychnostatis Museum is one of them. It includes a slice-of-life panoramas of olive oil presses, vanished small industries and domestic scenes.
The museum is well sign-posted, and when you get there you’ll find yourself in a tranquil time capsule. The Lychnostatis Museum is not bad for a rest stop and a reminder that Crete isn’t only Knossos. It’s about a lot of ancient and modern and a whole lot in between, all part of an open-air exhibit that offers a real taste of the vanished Cretan life.
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Relics from Crete’s culture, economy, ethnology and nature are all there, such as rebuilt traditional farmers’ and merchants’ homes, wine and olive oil presses, examples of home-made textiles and ceramics and real fruit orchards.
There’s also a herbarium, an exhibition of rocks and minerals, an auditorium for lectures and a 250-seat theatre that comes to life in a series of dance and other events every September. There is also a shop to buy things that you won’t find elsewhere, and even a cafe.
