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Museums Throughout Cyprus |
Agios Lazaros Byzantine Museum | | The Agios Lazaros Byzantine Museum is located next to the superb early 10th century stone church of Agios Lazaros, situated in the centre of Larnaca. The museum is actually housed in some of the cells of the hypostyle porch, still standing to the south of the church. Exhibits include important religious icons, artefacts and relics. | Region | Larnaca | | Address | Plateia Agiou Lazarou, Larnaca | | Opening Hours | Monday - Saturday: 08:30 - 12:30, 15:00 - 17:30 Wednesday and Saturday afternoon: closed | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | 0.85 euro | | Agios Neofytos Ecclesiastical Museum | | Agios Neofytos Ecclesiastical Museum lies within the Agios Neofytos Monastery and exhibits a variety of valuable relics such as important icons and other ecclesiastical objects. | Region | Paphos | | Address | Paphos | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | | Situated at the Holy Bishopric in the picturesque village of Peristerona, the museum has one of the largest collections of icons dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries, wood carved artefacts associated with the ceremonial needs of the church, both local and imported silver and metal artefacts, as well as textiles including 18th and19th century priests’ vestments and episcopal robes. Rare books and manuscripts are also on display. | Region | Paphos | | Address | Peristerona, Paphos | | Opening Hours | April - October: Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 13:00, 14:00 - 18:00, Saturday: 10:00 - 13:00, November - March: Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 16:00, Saturday: 10:00 - 13:00 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | 1.71 euro | | | The Byzantine Museum of Paphos exhibits artefacts from the 7th to the 18th centuries, mainly icons. Among them is the 8th or 9th century icon of Agia Marina, one of the oldest found in Cyprus. The museum’s remarkable collection also includes wood carvings, ecclesiastical works of metallurgy, sacerdotal vestments and embroideries, manuscripts, old printed books and frescoes. It was set up in order to preserve, promote and study the inestimable treasures of Byzantine art scattered throughout the parishes of the Paphos diocese and enables visitors to get to know the Byzantine heritage of the Paphos area. | Region | Paphos | | Address | Andrea Ioannou 5, Paphos | | Opening Hours | Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 16:00, Winter (09:00 - 15:00), Saturday: 09:00 - 13:00 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | 1.71 euro | | Cyprus Archaeological Museum | | Situated in Nicosia, this is the main archaeological Museum of Cyprus and traces the long history of civilization on the island from prehistoric times to the early Christian period. Extensive excavations throughout the island have enriched the collections of the museum considerably and brought Cypriot archaeology to the fore front of international archaeological research. Here the cultural heritage of Cyprus, such as pottery, jewelry, sculpture and coins from the Neolithic period to the Bronze Age, Iron Age and the Greco-Roman period, is cherished and displayed for everyone to enjoy. Star exhibits include the statue of Aphrodite of Soloi, a gold jewelry collection and relics from the royal tombs of Salamis.The museum is a stop on the Aphrodite Cultural route. | Region | Nicosia | | Address | Mouseiou 1, Nicosia | | Opening Hours | Monday: Closed, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 08:00 - 16:00, Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00, Saturday: 09:00 - 16:00, Sunday: 10:00 - 13:00 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | 3.42 euro | | Museum of Natural History | | Founded by «The Photos Photiades Charity, Scientific and Cultural Foundation» the Cyprus Museum of Natural History on the outskirts of Nicosia is the largest museum of its kind in Cyprus. Among its 2500 or so exhibits are stuffed mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and insects as well as rocks, minerals, semi precious stones, shells and fossils. | Region | Nicosia | | Address | Old Nicosia – Limassol Road, , Latsia, Nicosia | | Opening Hours | Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 16:30 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | Free | | | Situated in the heart of the wine producing countryside a short distance from Limassol, in the village of Erimi, the Cyprus Wine Museum will take you on a journey through the history of wine making in Cyprus. Photographic back drops and audiovisual presentations as well as ancient jars and vases, medieval drinking vessels, old documents and instruments encompass all aspects of wine production. | Region | Limassol | | Address | Pafos Street 42, Erimi, Limassol | | Opening Hours | Daily: 09:00 - 17:00 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | 4.28 'Includes a glass of wine' | | Ethnographic Museum of Cyprus | | This fine collection of 19th and early 20th century Cypriot folk art including wood - carved objects, tapestry, embroidery, pottery, national costumes and hand woven materials is housed in the beautiful old Archbishopric in the heart of Nicosia. | Region | Nicosia | | Address | Plateia Archiepiskopou Kyprianou, Nicosia (within the old Archbishopric) | | Opening Hours | Monday - Friday: 09:30 - 16:00 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | 1.71 Euro | | Koilani Ecclesiastical Museum | | The Koilani Ecclesiastical Museum was created by Limassol Bishopric to house the ecclesiastical art of the parish, and as a district branch of the larger Byzantine Museum being planned in the city of Limassol. This museum occupies a two room building in the courtyard of the Panagia Eleousa Church. Spanning a period of about seven centuries, exhibits include pieces of an iconostasis from 1735, a pulpit and an altar of the 19th century, old icons from the 13th to the 19th centuries, holy utensils, old books from the 16th to the19th centuries, an embroidered epitaphios from the 15th/16th century and other relics. | Region | Troodos | | Address | Koilani, Limassol | | Opening Hours | Monday - Friday: 09:30 - 16:00 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | | The small museum is located within the Maa - Palaeokastro site. Built in 1989, the museum’s original and unusual design is the work of architect Andrea Bruno. It is situated in the Coral Bay area, where the first Mycenaean Greeks settled in Cyprus at around 1200 BC after the fall of the Mycenaean kingdoms in mainland Greece. The museum traces the colonisation of the island by the Greeks. It houses a small collection of objects, mainly copies, as well as a selection of educational information on the site. | Region | Paphos | | Address | Paphos | | Opening Hours | Daily: 08:30 - 17:00 (November - March), Daily: 08:30 - 18:00 (April - October) | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | 1.71 Euro | | Museum of Kykkos Monastery | The Museum of Kykkos Monastery houses an important collection of Christian and other exhibits. | Region | Troodos | | Address | Kykkos, Troodos | | Opening Hours | Daily: November - May: 10:00 - 16:00, June - October: 10:00 - 18:00 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | 2,57 Euro per person, 1,71 Euro for groups | | History of Cypriot Coinage | | Located in Nicosia, the exhibition traces the development of Cypriot coinage from the first coins issued during the 6th century BC to modern times. Some 2600 years of turbulent Cypriot history come alive through 370 coins, divided into nine chronological sections and exhibited in 20 showcases. Relying on high - tech methods to preserve the coins’ quality, the museum is an important resource for educational programmes on the history of Cyprus. The museum is on the Aphrodite Cultural Route. | Regionn | Nicosia | | Address | Stasinou 51, Nicosia | | Opening Hours | Monday - Friday: 08:30 - 14:00, Monday: 08:30 - 17:00 (September - April) Closed on Bank Holidays | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | Free | | Pancyprian Geographical Museum | | This is the island's first Geographical Museum, essentially a museum of natural history, and was created by Strovolos Municipality with the aim of raising environmental awareness and providing a source of research on the natural history of the island. Housed in an old house near Chrysseleousa Church in the old quarter of Strovolos, the museum has three main exhibition halls displaying specimens of the island's fauna, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and minerals, as well as historic and modern maps and charts of Cyprus. | Region | Nicosia | | Address | Leoforos Strovolou 100, Strovolos, Nicosia | | Opening Hours | Monday - Friday: 07:30 - 14:30, Thursday: 07:30 - 18:00 Saturday and Sunday: closed | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | Free | | | The "Thalassa" Sea Museum in the centre of Ayia Napa is housed in a modern multi - purpose building with noteworthy architecture, and aims to promote awareness of the marine heritage of Cyprus from prehistoric times to the present. Pride of place among the exhibits is a life - size, functioning replica of a 4th century Greek trading ship that sunk off the coast of Keryneia. | Region | Ammochostos | | Address | Leoforos Kryou Nerou 14, Ayia Napa, Ammochostos | | Opening Hours | October - May: Monday: 09:00 - 13:00, Tuesday - Saturday: 09:00 - 17:00, Sunday: closed June - September: Monday: 09:00 - 13:00, Tuesday - Sunday: 09:00 - 13:00 and 18:00 - 22:00 | | Opening Period | All Year Round | | Entrance Fee | Adults: 3 Euros, Children: 1 Euros | |
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Interesting Facts About Cyprus
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