Collections

The digital collection of the Museum of Medicine of Crete comprises approximately 350 items documenting the development of medical science and practice, with particular reference to the Greek context. The collection forms a multidisciplinary corpus that combines scientific, educational, and historical materials, highlighting both the theoretical and applied dimensions of medicine. 

Medical books and specialized manuscripts (medical, pharmaceutical, and nursing) constitute a central component, alongside medical instruments, devices, and pharmaceutical materials, as well as a small but significant group of instruments dating to the Ottoman period, illustrating the historical development of medical technology. 

Visual and photographic materials—such as portraits, group photographs, and photographic archives—document key figures and moments in the medical community. These are complemented by personal objects, diplomas, awards, and archival materials that shed light on the professional and social aspects of medical activity. 

The collection is further enriched by three-dimensional digitizations (approximately 40 objects). Overall, the digital corpus constitutes a coherent and well-documented resource that highlights the history of medicine from historical, scientific, and social perspectives.

The Museum of Education of the University of Crete has a digital collection about the history of local educational systems and the history of the teaching profession during the modern period of Greek history. 

It includes educational material and archival documents of the Cretan Didaskaleion and the Pedagogical Academy of Heraklion, as well as exhibits from schools in Crete from the late 18th century to the end of the 20th century. Subcollections with particular interest include the 3D scans of teaching props and school memorabilia, the pedagogical illustrations of plants, animals and the Bible, as well as end-of-year photographs of classes of the Didaskaleion of Crete. 

The collection contains heraldic monuments from all over Greece from the 13th to the 19th century, located mainly in the Latin-occupied Cycladic islands, the Dodecanese islands which were under the Knights Hospitallers and the Venetian-ruled areas.