greek hotels - Lychnostatis Museum Before you leave Chersonissos, visit Lychnostatis, the Cretan traditional life and popular culture museum. The assistant professor of ophthalmology and collectorfolklore specialist Giorgos Markakis created the museum. Only primary materials (stonewood-clay) were used to build the museum and mechanical means (diggers-loaders-cement mixers etc.) were avoided. The museum, due to its many outdoor areas, van be visited from April 1st to October 31st each year. Inside the museum you will find the following areas: Agricultural home (Kostis Fraggoulis Portico), Urban Cretan home, Fabbrica (old olive-oil press), Windmill, Church, Mitato, Threshing floor, Grape-press, Cauldron for raki production, Wood-stove, Textile and vegetable dye workshop, Pottery workshop, Aromatic plant and flower processing workshop, Cretan fruit-tree garden, Aromatic and pharmaceutical plant garden, Cactus and succulents garden, Outdoor collection of Cretan minerals and ores. In addition, there is a permanent exhibition of Cretan Popular Artists and works of art inspired by Cretan nature, Multi-functional room - capacity 150 persons - for seminars, presentations and audiovisual projections (eco-visions) on the traditions and natural environment of Crete. An outdoor theatre with 250 seats, for artistic events such as theatre and dance performances and audio-visual shows, a cafe serving traditional drinks and alcohol.

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Before you leave Chersonissos, visit Lychnostatis, the Cretan traditional life and popular culture museum. The assistant professor of ophthalmology and collectorfolklore specialist Giorgos Markakis created the museum. Only primary materials (stonewood-clay) were used to build the museum and mechanical means (diggers-loaders-cement mixers etc.) were avoided. The museum, due to its many outdoor areas, van be visited from April 1st to October 31st each year. Inside the museum you will find the following areas: Agricultural home (Kostis Fraggoulis Portico), Urban Cretan home, Fabbrica (old olive-oil press), Windmill, Church, Mitato, Threshing floor, Grape-press, Cauldron for raki production, Wood-stove, Textile and vegetable dye workshop, Pottery workshop, Aromatic plant and flower processing
workshop, Cretan fruit-tree garden, Aromatic and pharmaceutical plant garden, Cactus and succulents garden, Outdoor collection of Cretan minerals and ores. In addition, there is a permanent exhibition of Cretan Popular Artists and works of art inspired by Cretan nature, Multi-functional room - capacity 150 persons - for seminars, presentations and audiovisual projections (eco-visions) on the traditions and natural environment of Crete. An outdoor theatre with 250 seats, for artistic events such as theatre and dance performances and audio-visual shows, a cafe serving traditional drinks and alcohol.