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| location = 28 Chalidon Street, [[Chania]], [[Crete]], [[Greece]]
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The '''Archaeological Museum of Chania''' ({{langx|el|Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Χανίων}}) is a museum that was located in the former Venetian '''Monastery of Saint Francis''' at Chalidon Street, [[Chania]], [[Crete]], [[Greece]]. It was established in 1962. In 2020 this location closed and Chania's new archaeological museum<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archaeologicalmuseums.gr/en/museum/5df34af3deca5e2d79e8c161/archaeological-museum-of-chania | title=Archaeological Museum of Chania | Directorate of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programs }}</ref> relocated to 15 Skra Str. Chalepa, in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-08|title=Ξετυλίγοντας τον… μίτο του Νέου Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Χανίων|url=https://www.haniotika-nea.gr/xetyligontas-ton-mito-toy-neoy-archaiologikoy-moyseioy-chanion/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Χανιώτικα Νέα|language=el}}</ref>

==Building==
The exact date that the building of the original museum was constructed is unknown although it was mentioned in writing as standing during the [[1595 earthquake|great earthquake of 1595]] and being the largest in the city.<ref name="ec">{{cite web|url=http://www.explorecrete.com/chania/EN-chania-04-archaeological-museum.html|title=Chania Archaeological Museum|publisher=Explore Crete|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref> It served as a [[wikt:Venetian|Venetian]] church inhabited by [[Franciscan]] friars, and became an important monument of the city.<ref name="ec"/>

During the period of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] occupation, the building was used as a [[mosque]] and named after [[Yussuf Pasha]].<ref name="ec" /> After [[World War II]] it served as a storehouse for military equipment, until it was converted into the museum in 1962.<ref name="ec" /><ref name="gm">{{cite web|url=http://www.greece-museums.com/museum/106/ |title=Archaeological Museum of Chania |publisher=Greece Museums |accessdate=August 31, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506083317/http://www.greece-museums.com/museum/106/ |archivedate=May 6, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="gazette">{{cite web|url=http://www.cretegazette.com/2008-05/new-chania-archaeological-museum.php|title=New Archaeological Museum of Chania in Chalepa|publisher=Crete Gazette|date=May 2008|accessdate=August 31, 2009|archive-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223011748/https://www.cretegazette.com/2008-05/new-chania-archaeological-museum.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, the Museum closed and reopened in 2022 at a new location on Skra Street in Halepa.

<gallery>
File:AMC - Flavische Büste.jpg|Portrait bust of a Roman man
File:AMC - Kaiser Hadrian.jpg|Roman emperor [[Hadrian]]
File:AMC - Mosaik 2.jpg|Roman floor mosaic depicting [[Dionysos]] and [[Ariadne]]
File:AMC - Sarkophag Armeni 3.jpg|Late Minoan sarcophagus, 1400-1200 BC.
</gallery>

==Interior==
[[File:AMC Intern of Museum of Chania (Crete) 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Interior of the old museum (1962–2020)]]
The museum contains a substantial collection of [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] and [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] artifacts excavated from around the city of Chania and the surrounding regional unit, including pieces from the ancient cities of [[Kydonia]], [[Idramia]], [[Aptera, Greece|Aptera]], [[Polyrinia]], [[Kissamos]], [[Elyros]], [[Irtakina]], [[Syia]] and [[Lissus (Crete)|Lissos]], and also from [[Axos]] and [[Lappa, Rethymno|Lappa]] in [[Rethymno (regional unit)|Rethymno regional unit]].<ref name="Interkriti">{{cite web|url=http://www.interkriti.org/museums/hanmus1.htm|title=The Archaeological Museum of Hania|publisher=Interkriti.org|accessdate=August 31, 2009}}</ref>

The museum contains a wide range of coins, jewellery, vases, sculpture, clay tablets with inscriptions, stelae and mosaics.<ref name="gm"/>

The museum has a Roman floor mosaic,<ref name="Interkriti"/> depicting [[Dionysos]] and [[Ariadne]]. The Archaeological Museum of Chania also has an ancient [[Cycladic]] style vessel from [[Episkopi Cantonment|Episkopi]], [[Kissamos]] and a number of busts including one of Roman emperor [[Hadrian]], found at the Dictynaion sanctuary in 1913 and a late Minoan sarcophagus from the necropolis of [[Armeni, Crete|Armeni]], dated to 1400–1200 BC. There is also a spherical flask, noted for its unusual ceramic type, dated to the Late Minoan III period.<ref name="Interkriti"/>

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Early Cycladic tall cup, marble, 3200-2500 BC, AM Chania, 076148.jpg|Cycladic type tall cup, marble, 3200-2500 B.C.
Cycladic figurine, female, marble, Crete, 2800-2200 BC, AM Chania, 076188.jpg|Cycladic type figurine, Koumasa variety, 2800-2200 B.C.
File:AMC - Vogelgefäß.jpg|Early Minoan bird-shaped vessel. Koumasa ware, 3000 - 2300 B.C.
File:AMC - Minoisches Schiff.jpg|Model of an early Minoan ship. Odegetria Monastery area in Asteroussia, 1900 - 1700 B.C.
Imprint of Minoan seal, Kastelli, 1450-1400 BC, AM Chania KH 1563, 076138.jpg|Imprint of Minoan seal, Kastelli, 1450-1400 B.C.
Minoan pottery, Neopalatial, Mameloukou Trypa cave, AM Chania,076133.jpg|Neopalatial Minoan pottery
Clay pyxis, Minoan funeral ceremony, Aptera, 1300-1250 BC, AM Chania, 076150.jpg|Clay pyxis, Minoan funeral ceremony, 1300-1250 B.C.
Clay oxen wheel, a toy, Crete, 800-700 BC, AM Chania, 076156.jpg|Clay oxen wheel, a toy, 800-700 B.C.
File:AMC - Vogelköpfige Frauen.jpg|Clay figurines of bird-faced women. Boeotioan workshop, 600 - 575 B.C.
File:AMC - Goldenes Diadem.jpg|Ancient Greek golden diadem
Glass vessels fromworkshop at Tarra, Chania, 5th c BC - 3rd c AD, AM Chania, 076167.jpg|Hellenistic glassware
Statue of Artemis, Crete, Roman age, AM Chania, L 79, 076161.jpg|Statue of Artemis, Roman age
AMC Roman emperor Hadrianus.jpg|Bust of Roman emperor Hadrianus
Glass vessels fromworkshop at Tarra, Chania, 5th c BC - 3rd c AD, AM Chania, 076166.jpg|Ancient Roman glassware
AMC - Mosaik 1.jpg|Roman Age mosaic, Dionysos and satyr
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.chaniatourism.com/see-do/museums/31-archaeological-museum-of-chania.html Archaeological Museum of Chania]

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