Cyprus Museum
Address: Mouseiou 1, Tel.: (02) 86 58 64
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 9-17; Sunday 10-13
Priceless and fascinating collections of Cypriot antiquities and treasures
from Neolithic Age to Early Byzantine period.
Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia
Address: Ippokratus 17, near Laiki Geitonia, Tel.: (02) 66 14 75
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10-16:30
The historical museum of Lefkosia revives life in the capital from ancient
times to the present day.
Byzantine Museum and Art Galleries
Address: Archbishop Makarios III Foundation Cultural Center within the
Archbishopric, Plateia Arch. Kiprianou. Tel.: (02) 43 00 08
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9-16:30; Saturday 9-13
Largest collection of icons on the island, covering the period from 9th
to 18th century AD. The Art Galleries contain oil paintings, maps and
lithographs.
Ethnographic Museum of Cyprus
Address: Plateia Arch. Kyprianou. Tel.: (02) 43 25 78
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9-17; Saturday 10-13
(Former: Cyprus Folk Art Museum), founded by the society of Cypriote Studies
Wide collection of Cypriot folk art of 19th and early 20th century, including
wood-carved objects, tapestry, embroidery, pottery, national costumes
and hand-woven materials.
National Struggle Museum
Address: Near Archbishopric, Plateia Arch. Kyprianou. Tel.: (02) 30
45 50
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 8-14; 15-17
Documents, photos and other memorabilia of the 1955-1959 National Liberation
Struggle.
Cyprus Postal Museum
Address: Agiou Savva St. 3B Tel: (02) 30 47 11
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10-17; Saturday 10-14
Collection of Cyprus stamps from 1800 onwards. These stamps, classified
internationally amongst the bests, are of significant value in world philately.
Cyprus Jewelers' Museum
Address: Praxippou 7-9 Lefkosia Tel.: (02) 66 72 78
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 10-16:30
A display of traditional treasury from the end of 19th century including
ornaments, religious items, silver utensils and old tools.
Museum of the History of Cypriote Coinage
Address: Stasinou 51. Agia Paraskevi, Bank of Cyprus Headquarters Tel.:
(02) 67 71 35
Opening hours: Monday 9-13: 15:30-18 (No afternoon in July and August);
Tuesday-Friday 9-13
Permanent exhibition presenting the development of coinage of Cyprus from
6th century BC to the present day.
Pafos
Pafos District Archeological Museum
Address: Griva Digeni 43 Tel.: (06) 24 02 15
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 9-17; Sunday 10-13
Attractive collection of Cypriot antiquities from Pafos area, dating from
Neolithic Age to 1700 AD.
Byzantine Museum
Address: A. Ioannou 3 next to Bishopric Tel.: (06) 23 13 93
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 9-17 (June-Sept. 9-19); Saturday 9-14
An attractive collection of objects from Byzantine period, including Byzantine
icons from 7th to 18th centuries and the oldest icon found yet in Cyprus
of 7th or 8th century.
Ethnographical Museum
Address: Exo Vrysis 1 Tel.: (06) 23 2 10
Opening hours:
Monday-Saturday 9-13; Monday-Friday 14-17 (May-Sept. 15-19); Sunday 10-13
Interesting private collection of objects from Neolithic Age to the present
day.
Larnaka
Larnaka District Archeological Museum
Address: At the seafront promenade Tel.: (04) 63 01 69
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 9-17; Sunday 10-13
Interesting collection of find from Larnaka area dating from the Neolithic
Age to the Roman period.
The Pierides Foundation Museum
Address: Zinonos Kitieos Tel.: (04) 65 24 95
Opening hours:
1st. Oct.-14th June: Monday-Friday 9-13, 15-18; Sunday 9-13
15th June-30th Sept.: Monday-Saturday 9-13, 16-19
The oldest privately owned museum in Cyprus, set up by Dimitrios Pierides
(1811-1895). It houses ancient, medieval, Byzantine and more recent objects
belonging to Pierides family.
A display case of modern Greek and Cypriot could be seen in courtyard.
Larnaka Fort-Local Mediaeval Museum
Address: Larnaka Seafront
Opening hours:
Winter: Monday-Friday 9-17
Summer: Monday-Friday 9:30-19:30
Built in 1625, it was used as a prison in the first years of British rule.
It houses District Mediaeval Museum. The fort is also used as the Larnaka
Municipal Cultural Center during summer.
Larnaka Municipal Cultural Center
Address: Plateia Evropis-Seafront promenade Tel.: (04) 65 88 48
Opening hours:
a) Municipal Gallery: Tuesday-Friday 10-13, 17-20 (Oct.-April: 10-13,
16-18); Saturday and Sunday 10-13
b) B) Museum of Palaeontology – Tornaritis – Pieridis: Tuesday-Friday
10-13, 17-20; Saturday 10-13
Five old Larnaka Customs warehouse, built in colonial style, have been
renovated and turned into Larnaka Municipal Cultural Center. It houses
Municipal Gallery and the only Paleontology Museum in Cyprus, where the
ancient fossilized remains of pygmy elephants and hippopotami that once
lived on the island could be seen.
The Center also has facilities for occasional exhibitions.
Municipal Museum of Natural History
Address: Approximately 500 m. north-east of Archeological Museum Tel.:
(04) 65 25 69
Opening hours:
1st June-30th Sept.: Tuesday-Sunday 10-13, 16-18
1st Oct.-31st May: Tuesday-Sunday 10-13, 15-17
Within Larnaka Municipal Gardens (Public Gardens)
The Museum has displays of rare insects, birds and animals of Cyprus.
Agios Lazaros Ecclesiastical Museum
Address: Plateia Agiou Lazarou Tel.: (04) 65 24 89
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 8:30-13, 14:30-17; Summer 16-18; Closed on
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons) |
