Lychnostatis Open Air Museum

Located by the sea in Crete, the Liknostats Open Air Museum includes four main collections: the Nature and Fruit collection, which includes gardens of fruit trees, aromatic herbs, cacti, shrubs, plants, stones and minerals, and the Ethnographic collection presenting Cretan traditional life (stone farmhouse, middle-class house, a chapel, an olive oil press, a windmill, etc.), an art collection that includes works by folk artists, an open theater and an exhibition room, in addition to an industrial technology collection concerned with equipment used in the past. The museum organizes a range of educational programs, and its audiovisual department produces films, CDs and DVDs that are presented daily in the multimedia and conference room. It also includes a souvenir shop and a café.