Useful information for your visit

Getting Here

There are several ways to reach us:

NHMC is at a walking distance from the city center

and the Heraklion port

There are not special bicycle parking facilities in NHMC but there is space outside the museum’s entrance for securing your bike with your own means. Bicycles are also available to tourists by the Municipality of Heraklion and can be borrowed from specific points of delivery and receipt which have been set up across the city (more information in http://www.easybike.gr/ro/bikesharing-news/116-easybike-dimos-irakleiou-...)

The buses start from the Heraklion port and end at Knossos antiquities (NHMC is the fourth sightseeing bus stop). There are 3 lines: Green line: “Heraklion Hop on- Hop off” bus, Red line: “Creta City Tours” www.cretacitytours.gr, www.cretacitytours.com and Yellow line: “Heraklion Open Tour” www.theopentour.com

Driving to the Museum is easy through the Sofokli Venizelou Avenue (see map). A 24h indoor municipal parking is available just opposite to the Museum. In this parking (tel: +30 2810 285734) the cost for 2 hours is 2 €. For every extra hour the cost is 0,5 €. (see exact location of the parking in http://www.heraklion.gr/en/ourplace/parking/parkingareas.html)

Facilities

Entrance

Use the Sofokli Venizelou Avenue for entrance. There are 2 steps and a ramped path for entry with wheelchairs and pushchairs.

Maps

For a print map of the Museum, please ask at the reception desk.

Bags and pushchairs

These can be left in the small cloakroom behind the reception desk.

Photography

You can take photographs for personal use in the Museum. The use of flash is not permitted only in the gallery with live animals.

Lifts

All floors of NHMC are accessible by lift. A ramped path allows entry with wheelchairs and pushchairs to the toilet area.

Disabled visitors

NHMC has an inclusive admission policy ensuring free entrance to disabled visitors.

Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs are not available on loan.

Baby care

There is baby care facility at the women’s toilet.

Animals

Dogs, pets and other animals are not permitted in the Museum including our external garden areas. There is place at the Museum’s entrance to leash your dog by your own responsibility.

Food and drink

At the time being there is not available restaurant or café inside the Museum. There are plenty of them at a close distance outside the Museum. Food and drink are not permitted into the NHMC Exhibition halls.

If you have particular needs or have any queries concerning these arrangements then please contact our reception desk by telephone +30 2810 282740, +30 2810 393630, fax +30 2810 393636 or email us: info@nhmc.uoc.gr

Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete

Knossou Ave., P.O. Box 2208, 71409 Heraklion Crete, Greece

Tel./Fax: +30 2810-324366

e-mail: sec@nhmc.uoc.gr

Exhibition Halls of Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete

Sofokli Venizelou Avenue Heraklion Crete, Greece

Tel: +30 2810 282740, +30 2810 393630 - Fax: +30 2810 393636

info@nhmc.uoc.gr

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