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Pierides Museum - Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation

Archaeological museum

Small, private archaeology museum displaying regional artifacts including pottery, glassware & maps. People often mention museum, small, Cyprus, interesting,


Address

Zinonos Kitieos 4, Larnaca 6023, Cyprus

Website

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Contact

+357 24 145375

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (150 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 9 am to 4 pm
  • Friday: 9 am to 1 pm
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: (New Year's Day), Closed, Holiday hours
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 9 am to 4 pm

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  • 5/5 Pete A. 3 years ago on Google
    Great little museum. It is a private collection of antiquities collected by the Pierides family now on public display. It house's 2500 Cypriot antiques spanning 9000 Years of culture from the Neolithic to the Medieval period consisting of stone carvings, ceramics, maps, textiles and glassware. Incredible how such delicate and fragile items have survived do long. If you like history/art you can easily Pass a few hours looking round. And worth the 3euros entrance fee
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Elena H. 1 year ago on Google
    A small but beautiful museum exhibiting artefacts from a private collection covering the whole Cyprus history spectrum. Worth visiting.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 János K. 5 years ago on Google
    Nice museum but not so big. The entrance fee is €3. The hundreds of years old maps are interesting in the museum.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Marco W. 2 years ago on Google
    A nice little private collection that you can visit if you have half an hour of spare time
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Xiao Z. 2 years ago on Google
    A small but very interesting museum. Definitely check it out if you like pottery
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Travelling D. 11 months ago on Google
    Located a 3 minute walk off the main square. Cost :3 euros and they take credit cards. It’s a single floor of 5 rooms and a corridor. Different historic periods of vases and pots, figurines and statues/ heads and artefacts. Description could be made easier with number going in a systematic order as well as the description. Descriptions are put into one page of say 1-5 and objects maybe on two different levels in two different panels of display making it difficult for the visitor to follow a systematic viewing of the displays. Also description not at eye level but a lot of bending down is required for reading inscriptions, the font could also be bigger.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 George A. 2 years ago on Google
    Great building with loads of historical items including maps, statues, lamps and coins all displayed on a professional way. An interesting history of ancient Cyprus. Well worth visiting.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Philipp-H. B. 10 months ago on Google
    Ein schönes kleines interessantes Museum!

  • 5/5 Zilan W. 11 months ago on Google
    Schön und interessant. Eintritt 3€ pro Person. Vorort kaufen ist möglich

  • 5/5 Olga 7 months ago on Google
    Highly recommend! Amazing place, so many interesting objects to see. A very friendly member of staff showed me around and answered my questions. Printed info in English is available at the entrance. Thanks!

  • 5/5 Andy L. 9 months ago on Google
    A nice reprieve from the unbearable heat on the streets.

  • 5/5 Ryszard H. 10 months ago on Google
    Polecam Larnaka Storytelling Statues a w szczególności Figure w kształcie krzyża. Cruciform Figure: The 6000-year-old cross-shaped idol is one of the many priceless exhibits found at the Pierides Museum – Bank of Cyprus Culture Foundation.

  • 5/5 Angela O. 1 year ago on Google
    A small private museum with exhibits from Stone Age that Pieridis family acquired through the generations which they showcase for the public to enjoy. The museum is housed in a private colonial style building which it was a family house before built in 1825 and which it has been occupied the site for more than four generations. Each room is sectioned on different afterfacts from bronze, clay, glass and more. My favourite section it was the different coloured and shapes of blown glass. You can spend easily one to two hours there and is accessible for wheelchair users. It has a small gift shop at the back and toilets in the back yard. Entrance is €3.00 and is well worth a visit there.

  • 1/5 Laurent P. 1 year ago on Google
    I was expecting a house with some objects but it’s only a museum

  • 5/5 Anastasia D. 1 year ago on Google
    Magnificent place! The very owners still live here and showcase their personal collection of rarities and archeological finds if Cyprus. Absolutely worth visiting!

  • 5/5 Olga K. 1 year ago on Google
    Great museum. Worth to visit.

  • 5/5 ריבי �. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice small musuem

  • 3/5 ARTO P. 1 year ago on Google
    Small but impressive collection of historical artifacts from Cyprus.

  • 5/5 Sara K. 1 year ago on Google
    This place is really cool! It's not very big, so it might only take an hour or two to get through, but the objects are quite lovely. I was very surprised by the quality and intactness of many of the historical items...everything is kept very carefully and the historical summaries are pretty nice. Cute little gift shop with excellent books.

  • 5/5 Risto A. 2 years ago on Google
    If you want to have traditional Cyprion food, this is an excellent place

  • 5/5 Roman 2 years ago on Google
    Pretty good place. The old maps were interesting to see.

  • 5/5 Diana P. 2 years ago on Google
    A wonderful wealth of ancient historical artifacts carefully displayed with details in a beautifully restored building, lovely gift shop & garden space too

  • 5/5 George I. 2 years ago on Google
    The only thing missing is a tour guide, though the well written sign compensate that.

  • 4/5 John M. 5 years ago on Google
    Nice way to learn about some of the history of Cyprus. Cheap!

  • 2/5 Александр �. 4 years ago on Google
    Very poor museum. Nothing interesting and impressive

  • 4/5 aaron g. 3 years ago on Google
    It's unfortunate that the upper floor is not open to visitors. Interesting but small

  • 5/5 Eņģelītis P. 3 years ago on Google
    Found Simpsons Greategreate...grandmother! ;)

  • 5/5 Jakub J. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice small exhibition of local history


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