Among the Near East Enterprises Museums, the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts, the Cyprus Car Museum and the Walled City Museum opened their doors after the first day of the holiday. Museums will continue to host visitors during the remaining days of the holiday.
The Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts and the Cyprus Car Museum, which are open to visitors, are located on the Near East University campus, and the Walled City Museum awaits its visitors at the Kyrenia Gate.
The works of approximately 3 thousand artists from 14 Turkish nations are under one roof!
Visitors will have the chance to see sculptures and paintings at the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts, which brings together art lovers with nearly 50 thousand works made by approximately 3 thousand artists from 14 Turkish nations. Visitors will also be able to see jewellery, models and many other works under the same roof.
Excitement for children and nostalgia for adults at the Cyprus Car Museum…
Located opposite the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts, the Cyprus Car Museum provides fun moments for children and draws adults into the magical world of automobile history. Nearly 200 classic cars are exhibited in the Cyprus Car Museum. The oldest vehicle in the museum is the 1901 model Crest Mobile. In the museum, automobiles from all periods of 100-year history, from the early 1900s to the 2000s, draw visitors into a time tunnel. In addition to its rich automobile collection, the Cyprus Car Museum also provides fun for children with toys made from various machine parts, a model car collection, pedal cars, Batman and Transformers figures, and a koi pond.
Cyprus history and culture at the Walled City Museum!
The Walled City Museum, located at the Nicosia Kyrenia Gate, continues to reflect the culture and history of Cyprus with its different works. More than 3 thousand pieces are exhibited in the Walled City Museum, where works from a different style and period are exhibited on each floor. The museum offers a complete feast of art to all its visitors. There is a collection of toy cars, examples of swords and knives, and hyperrealistic silicone sculptures of iconic figures of Turkish Cypriot culture. More than 70 sculptures, paintings, objects related to maritime history and Karagöz images are among the other noteworthy collections in the museum. Ottoman artifacts such as charters and edicts, kadi registers from Nicosia, and carpets from the 17th century, exhibited in the Walled City Museum, take visitors on a journey of history.