Cyprus Museum
The island's oldest and largest archaeological museum, tracing 11,000 years of Cypriot history from Neolithic idols to Roman marble.
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Founded in 1882 and housed in its neoclassical building since 1908, the Cyprus Museum holds the most important finds from excavations across the island. Highlights include the cross-shaped picrolite idols of the Chalcolithic period, the hundreds of terracotta figures from Agia Irini, and the marble Aphrodite of Soli.
The galleries move chronologically, so a visit works as a crash course in Cyprus's past before heading out to the sites themselves.
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Allow 1.5–2 hours. The museum is a short walk from the Venetian walls and the old town.
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