Monday: 9:00am - 16:00pm

Tuesday: 9:00am - 16:00pm

Wednesday: 9:00am - 16:00pm

Thursday: 9:00am - 16:00pm

Friday: 9:00am - 16:00pm

Saturday: 9:00am – 12:30pm

Sunday: CLOSED

Entrance Fee: Adults: €4, Students: €2

Information:

The Byzantine Museum in Nicosia within the walls contains the richest and most representative collection of Byzantine art on the island. About 230 icons dating from the 9th to the 19th centuries, as well as other typical examples of the Byzantine art of Cyprus, such as sacred vessels, vestments and books, are on display. The collection includes many icons dating from the 12th century when iconography was at its height. Among the star attractions are the famous 6th century mosaics torn from the church of Kanakaria in the occupied area, sold abroad and later repatriated.

The Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation which opened in 1982, is the fruit of the many years of hard efforts by the Church of Cyprus to preserve and promote the Byzantine and post-Byzantine heritage of our country. The role of the Byzantine Museum as custodian of our cultural heritage covers four axes:

First: to conserve and preserve the existing treasures, as well as those that are gradually being repatri-ated from abroad, in co-operation with the Conservation Laboratory of the Archbishopric, the Department of Antiquities, and conservation laboratories abroad.

Second: to project and promote them within the education process with a view raising awareness and informing the younger generations through educational programmes in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Culture, and through lectures, tours, radio and television broadcasts for the broader Cypriot public and for foreign visitors to the Museum.

Third: to project the issue of the plundered treasures to corresponding museums abroad through semi-nars and exhibitions in co-operation with the Department of Antiquities and by providing information to interested parties.

Fourth: to act as an informal observatory with a view to locating plundered treasures abroad in order to report the matter and raise awareness among public opinion.