Exhibitions and Collections - War Museum

Villa “Claudiο” maintains all the architectural characteristics of the Venetian and Ottoman period such as:

• Venetian coat of arms of “Claudiο” family.
• A gate from where the Venetian nobles entered as well as secondary entrances for the personnel that worked in the villa and the animals.
• A medieval gutter system that leads into an underground water tank of great capacity.
• Apartments not only for the nobles but for the personnel too.
• Storage warehouses for food and supplies, stables and elaborately manufactured feeders for the animals.
• A dining room, a kitchen and food preparation spaces.
• A Turkish bath.
• A bedroom of the Venetian era (room of honorary General Mr. Manousos Paragioudakis).
• A wine press and an olive press that are preserved in particular spaces.

The collection of exhibits of The Military Museum of Rethymno includes historical artifacts from the Venetian period and Modern Hellenic Military history and more specifically:

• A room devoted in the historical Battle of Crete.
• A room of historical uniforms of the Hellenic army.
• Chambers that host weaponry from the Hellenic revolution of 1821 until 2^nd World War.
• An aisle with Venetian clothing and weapons of the era.
• A room of periodical exhibitions with a collection of photographs from several historical moments.
• Exterior exhibits that include warplanes, tanks and different types of artillery guns.