One of the country’s main cultural centers - the Cyprus Museum - is located in Nicosia. The museum founded in 1882 displays thousands of valuable archaeological finds that were discovered during the exploration of Cyprus. Currently, the museum occupies a large-scale building built at the beginning of the 20th century. Like it or not, there isn't enough time in the day to see all the exhibits presented here. The museum stores fragments of ancient sculptures, ancient weapons and coins, household items and antique works of art. In total, the museum has 14 halls where exhibits are arranged in chronological order for the convenience of visitors.
Connoisseurs of fine art will be interested in visiting the Museum of Contemporary Art, which occupies another spectacular historic building. It presents collections of sculptures and paintings created by local artists at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The opening of the gallery took place relatively recently, in 1994. Today, part of its halls is RESERVED for temporary exhibitions.
Travelers interested in the history of the Christian religion should never ignore the Byzantine Museum. Its main exhibits are 48 ancient icons that were brought here from all over the country. Not long ago, the museum's collection was replenished with 230 more icons of a later period. Most of them were created at the turn of the 18th-19th century. Besides the icons, you can see fragments of mosaics and frescoes that adorned ancient temples and were discovered over their ruins.
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