Agios Nikolaos Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos is a museum in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece. Established in 1970 the museum contains archaeological finds in chronological order beginning with the Neolithic era, Minoan remains, and ending with Greco-Roman finds. It consists of eight large rooms and amongst its most famous exhibits is the Goddess of Mirtos, a libation vessel in the form of a female figure discovered at a Bronze Age settlement at Fournos, near Mirtos. The museum also contains important items of the Daedalic Period which date back to the 7th century B.C., notably the head of a clay statue of a woman found near Sitia . The largest collection, displaying items excavated at Agia Fotia cemetery near Sitia is housed in the first...