The Cyprus Ethnographic Museum
Looms, tambourines, clothing, embroidery and domestic interiors reveal everyday life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Topics
Cyprus in the twentieth century
The railway, colonial administration, anti-colonial struggle, independence, the events of 1974 and contemporary memory are explored through specific places and different types of evidence.
The doors of old Nicosia
We turned a walk through old Nicosia into a family game by looking for construction dates woven into the metalwork above the doors.
The Barn at Liopetri
We include the barn as a specific rural memorial to the armed phase of the anti-colonial struggle.
Cyprus Railway Museum at Evrychou
We include the former station so that the British period can be seen not only through politics but also through everyday movement around the island.
The Georgios Grivas Digenis Museum and burial place
We include the museum as a starting point for discussing the leadership of EOKA and the way an image of a historical leader is created after events.
Museum of the National Struggle
We include the museum as the principal place for learning about the anti-colonial struggle of Greek Cypriots against British rule.
The hideout of Grigoris Afxentiou near Machairas
We include the site near Machairas so that one mountain route connects monastic history with the twentieth century.
Fylakismena Mnimata — the Imprisoned Graves
We include the prison complex as one of the most powerful places of memory connected with the anti-colonial struggle.
Panagia Theotokos Monastery at Kampia
This women’s monastery on a hill shows that the monastic history of Cyprus continued into the twentieth century.
Cultural Centre of Occupied Famagusta at Deryneia
We include Deryneia as a family stop where it is possible to discuss displacement, the closed district of Varosha and the memory of a lost city with care.
Ledra Street, the Green Line and divided Nicosia
We include a walking route so that the island’s division can be seen not only on a map.
Makedonitissa Tomb and military memorial
We include the memorial complex for a discussion of conflicts after independence and the events of 1974.
The Leventis Municipal Museum: the history of Nicosia from antiquity to today
We include the museum as an ideal final stop, where the whole history of the capital is assembled once again into one continuous line.
Paralimni Municipal Museum of National History
We include this regional museum so that the history of the eastern part of the island is not lost between Nicosia and Paphos.