Housed in a renovated building, the Municipal Folk Art Museum was founded in 1985, and showcases collections of Cypriot folk art from the 19th and 20th centuries, with over 500 exhibits displayed across six rooms. The museum is housed in a listed building, donated by the Ioannis and Katerina Schiza family, located in the corner of Ayiou Andreou Street and Othonos and Amalias Street which used to be a municipal retirement home for seniors.
The Municipal Museum of Folk Art hosts very rich and remarkable collections of garments, embroidery, wood carved creations, agricultural and tools and utensils, jewellery, decoration artifacts and furniture of the late 19th and the early 20th century.
Some of the artifacts the Museum hosts are woodcut chests, chests of drawers, consoles, pictures made with silk cocoons, embroidery, draw loom, traditional Cypriot costumes, baskets, swords, bronze pots, spindle, spinning wheel, lamp, flute, chairs, small stools, bronze plates, clay vessels, reaping hooks, doilies, bowls, wooden mirrors, etc.The Museum also hosts one of the most beautiful vest collections in the Greek domain.
Working Hours
Monday – Friday: 07.45 – 14.45
Telephone No.
25362303
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