DK Travel : Cyprus : Museums & Galleries

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Hadjigeorgiakis Kornesios Ethnological Museum, Nicosia

The double-headed eagle of Byzantium and the lion of Venice are carved above the doorway of this former home of an 18th-century dragoman. The collection includes glass, silver, pottery and furniture from the 18th and 19th centuries (see House of Dragoman Hadjigeorgiakis Kornesios).
Icons

Genuine antique icons are rare and costly, but many galleries offer beautifully painted copies of museum pieces.
Inia Village Folk Art Museum

Basket-weaving was once a universal skill in Cypriot villages but is now a vanishing art. This museum displays the marvels produced by skilled weavers – not only baskets but trays, wall decorations, containers and even fish traps.
Kato Akourdalia Folk Art Museum

A charmingly eccentric collection of heirlooms, old photographs, farm tools, maps and pieces contributed by local people.
Kolokitha

These colourful gourds are painted or decorated with carved or pokerwork patterns.
Kykkos Monastery

This 900-year-old shrine guards a legendary, miracle-working icon of the Virgin Mary. Given to the monastery’s founder, the hermit Isaiah, by the Emperor Alexios Comnenos, it has been hidden from profane eyes for centuries and remains so to this day. Kykkos is one of the great centres of the Christian Orthodox faith and continues to attract pilgrims from all over the world.
Lace

Delicate hand-made lace from Lefkara and Omodos has been famous for centuries.
Larnaka Archaeological Museum

Roman glassware, terracotta figurines from ancient sites in the district and painted earthenware, ranging from Neolithic to Roman times, are among the highlights here (see Larnaka Archaeological Museum).
Larnaka Municipal Art Gallery

Five warehouses have been restored to host exhibitions by Cypriot and foreign artists.
Lazarus Byzantine Museum, Larnaka

Inside the Church of St Lazarus is an oddly attractive exhibition of 18th- and 19th-century ecclesiastical silver, carved wooden doors and ships’ figureheads.