The Minoan Antiquities Collection at the Heraklion Museum on the island of Crete will again open to the public after more than seven years. The public will be able to visit the collection, which has been closed since November 2006.

The collection is the largest and most significant section of the museum; it reflects the civilization of Minoan Crete and is occupying 55% of the total gallery space. It includes several famous ancient works of art, particularly idols depicting the snake and poppy goddesses, the Phaestus Disc, the ivory bull leaper and the iconic bull-leaping murals; it further hosts items made of gold, precious gems, pottery and elaborate stonework.

The items on display are separated into units based on various themes, eras and areas, reflecting both aspects of ordinary day-to-day life and more official events, such as symposiums and sport festivals, systems of bureaucracy and administration (as reflected in the use of writing and seals), religion, rituals associated with the palaces, burial rites and beliefs about the after-life.