Cyprus Folk Art Museum, Nicosia
Housed in an erstwhile Gothic monastery, the Cyprus Folk Art Museum is dedicated to the country's ethnographic history.
Housed in an erstwhile Gothic monastery, the Cyprus Folk Art Museum is dedicated to the country's ethnographic history. It showcases Cypriot folk art from the 19th - 20th centuries, across various media such as weaving, pottery, embroidery, lace, costumes, metalwork, woodcarving, basketry, leatherwork, and naive painting.
Hours
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9:00
16:00
Wed
9:00
16:00
Thu
9:00
16:00
Fri
9:00
16:00
Sat
9:00
13:00
About Cyprus Folk Art Museum
Square of Archbishop Kyprianos, Πλ. Αρχιεπισκόπου Κυπριανού, Nicosia 1016
+357 22 432578
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