Heraklion Archaeological Museum Temporary Exhibit Open

While the main Heraklion Archaeological Museum on the island of Crete is being reconstructed, a small exhibit of about 450 choice finds has opened up in on Hatzidakis Street directly behind the skeleton of the main museum.

If you want to catch the highlights of Minoan art it's worth a visit - locals say that the exhibit, while small, is better curated and better lit than the displays in the old museum, which was left relatively unchanged for the past few decades until a partial roof collapse made the need for a new museum terribly obvious. But be ready for lines and delays as the small size of the museum exhibit limits the number of visitors it can hold at any one time, and cruise-ship visitors can eat up many of those slots.