The historical collection includes coins, weapons- guns, Cretan knives, pistols. Also revolutionary flags, maps of Crete, objects from the Ottomans presence on the island, from the era of Autonomy, the Russian presence in Rethymno until the union with the rest of Greece in 1913. It also includes objects from the 1st World War, the Macedonian Strugle and the Battle of Crete and the German occupation.
The Ottoman presence
Throughout the nineteenth century, Crete was involved in violent uprisings and revolts against its Ottoman masters. In the revolutions in the period from 1821 to 1898, the Cretans fought persistently for freedom. In 1898 Crete was granted Autonomy and the Ottoman army left the island.
