Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Archaeological museum in Heraklion, Greece.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The collection spans objects from over five millennia, organized across thematic halls.
The first rooms to house the finds were established in 1883. The current building was completed in the first half of the 20th century, following designs by architect Patroklos Karantinos.
The museum's name is often shortened to AMH in scholarly English, a form the institution itself still uses. Its rooms follow a mixed chronological, geographic and thematic order, and since 2004 Rooms XVII and XVIII display the Stylianos Giamalakis collection. Until the 1960s nearly all archaeological finds from Crete were brought here before regional museums opened at Agios Nikolaos, Chania and Rethymno.
The museum opens during summer from April to October between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and during winter from November to March between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wheelchair users can reach all areas.
The famous Phaistos Disc is displayed here, a round clay tablet with an undeciphered spiral script. Many of the painted wall frescoes were assembled from multiple fragments and show scenes from life thousands of years ago.
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