General Announcements

The Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities and its 63 institutions join the European Commission Global Coalition “United for #Biodiversity”

28 Sep 2020

Reconciliation with Nature

Our practices are biased by eons of cultural and religious traditions which regard humans as separate from Nature.

From our earliest texts (Genesis 1:28: “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”) we humans are taught that we are separate from nature.

NHDPlay program_natural & man-made disasters

29 Oct 2020

The multiplier events on the natural and man-made disasters that took place at the Museum of Natural History of Crete-University of Crete (MFIK-PK), October 21 & 22 2020, within the framework of the NHDPlay program, were successfully completed.

New publication of the book "Crete, a continent in an island"

21 Sep 2015

The Natural History Museum (University of Crete) has recently released the long-awaited book on the nature of Crete, entitled "Crete, a continent in an island" translated by Ben Petre. This publication is an essay by Dimos Tsantilis, a writer and communicator of science, in cooperation with scientists working at the museum, containing more than 350 color photographs (and drawings).

Celebration of International Day for Disaster Reduction 2014 at NHMC.

08 Oct 2014

The Natural History Museum of University of Crete is celebrating this year the International Day for Disaster Reduction at its exhibition halls and at Heraklion town center. Activities will start on the 11th of October and will end on the 13th of October according to the following program:

19th Meeting of the Advisory Committee UNEP – EUROBATS

02 Apr 2014

The Natural History Museum of Crete co-organizes the Joint 9th Meeting of the Standing Committee and 19th Meeting of the Advisory Committee (StC9/AC19) of UNEP - EUROBATS.

Academy of Sciences of Athens award NHMC

29 Jan 2013

During a very decent ceremony that took place on the evening of the 28^th of December 2012 at the Academy of Sciences in Athens, the Natural History Museum of Crete of the University of Crete was awarded by the Emmanuel Benakis prize of the Academy.

Dinos of Patagonia in Athens

03 Oct 2012

The exhibition "Dinos of Patagonia in Athens" opened on the first of October 2012. The exhibition will be hosted at the Riding Center of Olympic Properties at Goudi park, opposite of the Badminton theater, untill 31 of May 2013, and is co-organized by the Natural History Museum of Crete, the Grupo Cultural SRL and the Friends of Natural History Museum of Crete.

The visiting hours are:

Free Telephone Line against illegal poisoning

12 Mar 2012

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