Establishing a link between the past and the present with its collections reflecting the cultural identity and history of Cyprus, the Walled City Museum has brought 2,500-year-old motifs of the Cypriot civilizations to the present day with the stained glass placed on its doors and windows.

Welcoming its visitors right next to the Kyrenia Gate, one of the three entrance gates of historical Nicosia, the Walled City Museum gathers the history and culture of Cyprus under one roof with its 5-storey building. Opening the doors of a different era and world to its visitors on each floor, the Walled City Museum brings together history and art with the stained glass windows that decorated its windows.

Ancient motifs of Cyprus came to life in the stained glass windows at the Walled City Museum!

The stained glass windows designed and produced by Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts artist Sinem Akın Kılınç, who also has her signature on the stained glass windows of the 104 windows of the Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque, adorn the entrance door and windows of the museum. On the stained glass windows at the entrance of the museum, a composition depicted on a ceramic jug dating back to 750-600 BC, is used.

The stained glass windows of the museum include Cypriot bird motifs, lotus flower, leaf motifs and many other motifs taken from works from the archaic period. The stained glass that adorns the doors and windows of the Walled City Museum was completed by artist Sinem Akın Kılınç, through a seven-month effort.

Prof. Dr. Ali Efdal Özkul:

Emphasizing that the visibility of stained glass art in Cyprus through the work carried out by the artists of the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts is a very valuable and significant cultural achievement, Head of the Near East Enterprises Museums Department, Prof. Dr. Ali Efdal Özkul said, “The stained glass windows that we introduced to art lovers on the doors and windows of our Walled City Museum carry the historical and cultural values ​​of Cyprus to the present day.”

Reminding Near East Enterprises Board of Trustees Chairman Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel’s expressions he made at the opening ceremony of the Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque; “Dr. Suat Günsel Mosque brought stained glass artists, stone and wood processing mastery, aluminum casting talent and many other skills to this country…” Prof. Dr. Özkul said, “The stained glass windows that our artist Sinem Akın Kılınç brought to our Walled City Museum are one of the most meaningful reflections of the truth expressed by our Chairman of the Board of Trustees.”