The Archaeological Museum of Aghios Nikolaos, with its growing collection of Minoan artefacts, exhibits splendid archaeological findings from throughout the Prefecture of Lasithi. The museum houses finds from the cemetery of Aghia Photia, dating back to 2300 BC, including more than 1500 vases. Besides all the Minoan finds the museum also has the skull of a young Roman athlete wearing a gold olive-leaf wreath dated to the 1st century AD.

The Archaeological Museum of Aghios Nikolaos, with its growing collection of Minoan artefacts, exhibits splendid archaeological findings from throughout the Prefecture of Lasithi. The museum houses finds from the cemetery of Aghia Photia, dating back to 2300 BC, including more than 1500 vases. Besides all the Minoan finds the museum also has the skull of a young Roman athlete wearing a gold olive-leaf wreath dated to the 1st century AD.