Museums
Immerse yourself in the rich history of the island and visit the old
Archbishop’s Palace (1 Archibishop Kyprianou Square) that hosts the
Byzantine Museum and the Archbishopric’s Library. Close by, you can find the
Museum of Folk Art and the Hadjigeorgakis Kornesios Mansion (20 Patriarchou Grigoriou) that operates as an Ethonological Museum. The
Leventis Municipal Museum (15-17 Ippokratous Street, Laiki Geitonia, 22661475), has a permanent exhibition recording the history of the capital from 3900 BC. The
Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage (86-90 Phaneromenis, 22128157) found in the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation offers a presentation of more than 500 coins, divided in nine chronological periods tracing Cyprus’ tumultuous history, from the first coins minted on the island in the 6th century BC to the present day. Visit the
www.visitnicosia.com.cy/museums website to find out more about all the museums in the city.
Art Galleries
Nicosia is bursting at the seams with great contemporary art galleries and innovative exhibition spaces. Based in a space located at a nodal point between the old city of Nicosia and its declining modern commercial centre,
Point Centre for Contemporary Art is a non-profit organisation involved in the creative support and promotion of various fields of contemporary cultural production, including the arts, architecture, film, music and sound, performance, discourse and thought.
Thkio Ppalies in Pallouriotissa (close by to the old city) is a project space based in Nicosia founded by photographer Stelios Kallinikou and Peter Eramian. As a creative hub, Thkio Ppalies aspires to build and evolve active networks between artists, art spaces and organisations, both within Cyprus and internationally. Many visual arts projects and exhibitions take place here. is not gallery is an artist-run space that celebrates fine and applied arts, and promotes new and innovative works of young Cypriot and European artists, located in old Nicosia. It promotes “du jour” tendencies in art, such as the alternating art market through the thematic group exhibitions Cheap Art and A.I.P. (Artists in Print).
NiMAC (Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Associated with the Pierides Foundation) is the oldest and largest Contemporary Art Centre of the island, inaugurated 1994. The Centre has organised more than 80 exhibitions of modern and contemporary art with the participation of well-known artists from Cyprus and abroad.
ΓΚΑΡΑΖ - Garage Art Space was founded in 2016 in a 1950s building renovated to a modern multicultural art space on Ammochostou street in old Nicosia. It aims to host art and theatre projects by young artists.