Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia
Λεβέντειο Δημοτικό Μουσείο
A free city history museum that traces the divided capital from prehistory to the present. It once won the European Museum of the Year award.
The Leventis Municipal Museum occupies two restored 19th-century houses in Laiki Geitonia. It is the only museum on Cyprus dedicated specifically to the history of the capital, and it won the European Museum of the Year award in 1991. The displays are arranged chronologically and cover prehistoric pottery, glazed ceramics and heraldry from the Lusignan and Venetian periods, Ottoman costumes and furniture, British colonial-era photographs and maps, and the independence of 1960 and the division of 1974. Admission is free. The museum is closed on Mondays. Allow about one hour.
Opening hours
Tue-Sun 10:00-16:30 (Sun until 13:00)
Nearby sights
- Laiki Geitonia
- Shacolas Tower Observatory
- Venetian Walls & Eleftheria Square
- Faneromeni Church & Square
- A. G. Leventis Gallery
- Ledra Street & Crossing Point
- Ömeriye Mosque & Hammam
- House of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios