Cyprus Museum
Κυπριακό Μουσείο
Cyprus's largest and oldest archaeological museum, whose collection traces the island's nine thousand years of history from the Neolithic to the Roman era.
The Cyprus Museum was founded in 1882, and its current building dates from 1908. It is the first place to go for understanding Cyprus's history. The galleries are arranged by period and include Neolithic finds from the Khirokitia settlement, Chalcolithic cruciform figurines, a formation of roughly 2,000 terracotta figurines unearthed at the Agia Irini sanctuary, a marble statue of Aphrodite from Soli, and a bronze statue of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus. Admission is about €4.50. The museum is closed on Mondays. It sits just outside the southwest corner of the Old City walls and is within walking distance.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 08:30–16:00 (Sun 10:00–13:00)
Nearby sights
- A. G. Leventis Gallery
- Venetian Walls & Eleftheria Square
- Shacolas Tower Observatory
- Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia
- Ledra Street & Crossing Point
- Laiki Geitonia
- Faneromeni Church & Square
- Atatürk Square & Venetian Column