Larnaka
District Archeological Museum
Address: At the seafront promenade
Tel.: (04) 63 01 69
Opening
hours: Monday-Saturday 9-17; Sunday 10-13
Interesting
collection of find from Larnaka area dating from the Neolithic Age to
the Roman period.
The
Pierides Foundation Museum
Address: Zinonos Kitieos
Tel.: (04) 65 24 95
Opening
hours:
1st. Oct.-14th June: Monday-Friday 9-13, 15-18;
Sunday 9-13
15th June-30th Sept.: Monday-Saturday 9-13,
16-19
The oldest privately owned museum in Cyprus, set up by Dimitrios
Pierides (1811-1895). It houses ancient, medieval, Byzantine and more
recent objects belonging to Pierides family.
A display case of modern Greek and Cypriot could be seen in courtyard.
Larnaka
Fort-Local Mediaeval Museum
Address: Larnaka Seafront
Opening
hours:
Winter: Monday-Friday 9-17
Summer: Monday-Friday 9:30-19:30
Built
in 1625, it was used as a prison in the first years of British rule.
It houses District Mediaeval Museum. The fort is also used as the
Larnaka Municipal Cultural Center during summer.
Larnaka
Municipal Cultural Center
Address: Plateia Evropis-Seafront promenade
Tel.: (04) 65 88 48
Opening
hours:
a)
Municipal Gallery: Tuesday-Friday 10-13, 17-20
(Oct.-April: 10-13, 16-18); Saturday and Sunday 10-13
b)
B) Museum of Palaeontology –
Tornaritis – Pieridis:
Tuesday-Friday 10-13, 17-20; Saturday 10-13
Five
old Larnaka Customs warehouse, built in colonial style, have been renovated
and turned into Larnaka Municipal Cultural Center. It houses Municipal
Gallery and the only Paleontology Museum in Cyprus, where the ancient fossilized
remains of pygmy elephants and hippopotami that once lived on the
island could be seen.
The Center also has facilities for occasional exhibitions.
Municipal
Museum of Natural History
Address: Approximately 500 m. north-east of
Archeological Museum
Tel.: (04) 65 25 69
Opening
hours:
1st June-30th Sept.: Tuesday-Sunday 10-13, 16-18
1st Oct.-31st May: Tuesday-Sunday 10-13, 15-17
Within
Larnaka Municipal Gardens (Public Gardens)
The Museum has displays of rare insects, birds and animals of Cyprus.
Agios
Lazaros Ecclesiastical Museum
Address: Plateia Agiou Lazarou
Tel.: (04) 65 24 89
Opening
hours:
Monday-Friday
8:30-13, 14:30-17; Summer 16-18; Closed on Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons)
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