The doors of the Cyprus Museum of Modern Art, the Cyprus Car Museum and the Walled City Museum will remain open to visitors who want to spend a day full of art and history on August 30 Victory Day, when the 102nd anniversary of the Great Offensive that resulted in victory will be celebrated.
The Near East Enterprises Museums, which will transform the joy of victory into a journey full of art, history and technology, will continue to offer visitors the opportunity to have a pleasant time with their collections that appeal to all ages.
A journey in the heart of art is a unique experience for car enthusiasts…
The Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts, located on the Near East University campus, brings together the works of approximately 3 thousand artists from 14 different Turkish communities with art lovers. In addition to sculptures and paintings with its rich collections, it offers the opportunity to examine knife and sword collections, ship models, hand-made glass works and many works from various periods. The Cyprus Car Museum, located right across from the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts, takes its visitors on a journey through time with more than 150 cars. While classics and sports cars from the 1900s are among the most striking pieces of the museum for adults, the museum also features many interesting objects for children, such as toys made from various machine parts, model cars, Batman and Transformers figures.
Meet the cultural heritage of Cyprus!
The Walled City Museum, located at the Kyrenia Gate in Nicosia, welcomes its visitors with works that reflect the cultural identity and history of Cyprus. The museum, which reflects the history and culture of Cyprus from the Ottoman Empire to the present day under one roof, also exhibits calligraphy, certificates and decrees belonging to the Cyprus Foundations Administration and the TRNC National Archives and Research Department; the judge records of Nicosia and original works from the 17th century. The paintings reflecting the Nicosia of the period in which Cypriot painters made their mark in the 1960s carry the traces of the recent past into the future.
Musicians, writers, Turkish Cypriot community leader Dr. Fazıl Küçük and his comrades Rauf Raif Denktaş and Osman Örek, who are the symbols of Turkish Cypriot culture, Fehmi Ercan, who was martyred on the first day of the Peace Operation on July 20, 1974 and gave his name to the only airport in the TRNC; Captain Cengiz Topel, who was martyred during the operation carried out by the Turkish Air Force in Cyprus on August 8, 1964 to support the Erenköy Struggle, and hyperrealistic silicone sculptures of 17 people who left deep marks on the recent history of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are also waiting for visitors at the Walled City Museum.
