Larnaca-Museums and Galleries

Larnaka District Archaeological Museum

The museum exhibits findings from the main Neolithic settlements of Choirokitia and Tenta, both located in the district of Larnaka (Larnaca), and of the ancient city kingdom of Kition.

Address:	Plateia Kalograion, Larnaka
Operating Period:	Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 08:00 - 15:00, Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00, Saturday: 09:00 - 15:00, Monday & Sunday: closed
Operating Hours:	All year round
Entrance Fee:	1,71 Euro

Agios Lazaros Byzantine Museum

The Agios Lazaros Byzantine Museum is located next to the superb early 10th century stone church of Agios Lazaros, situated in the centre of Larnaka (Larnaca). The museum is actually housed in some of the cells of the hypostyle porch, still standing to the south of the church. Exhibits include important religious icons, artefacts and relics.

Address:	Plateia Agiou Lazarou, Larnaka
Operating Period:	Monday - Saturday: 08:30 - 12:30, 15:00 - 17:30 Wednesday and Saturday afternoon: closed
Operating Hours:	All year round
Entrance Fee:	0,85 Euro

Larnaka Municipal Museum of Natural History

The museum displays collections of local reptiles, insects, birds, animals, fossils and rock formations. Also on exhibit are marine life and plants from Cyprus.

Address:	Leoforos Grigori Afxentiou, (within the Larnaka Municipal Gardens) Larnaka
Operating Period:	Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 16:00, Saturday: 09:00 - 13:00
Operating Hours:	All year round
Entrance Fee:	0,35 Euro

Larnaka Town Museum

The Town Museum is housed in the restored residence and offices attached to the warehouse of the first colonial Port Master of Larnaka (Larnaca) that was built in 1881. A large collection of coins minted in the local mint, starting with the first coin of the city Kingdom of Kition of the late 6th century, and a wonderful collection of photographs depicting the city through the years from 1850.

Address:	Larnaka
Operating Period:	Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 16:00, Saturday: 09:00 - 13:00
Operating Hours:	All year round

The Pierides Foundation Archaeological Museum

Situated in Larnaka (Larnaca), this museum exhibits a collection of ancient, medieval, Byzantine and contemporary objects belonging to the Pierides family. Housed in the ancestral Pierides family home, a colonial style building built in 1815, it is one of the most important museums on the island as it contains some of the most representative items of the island’s civilisation, such as a collection of old maps and charts of Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean and a prized collection of Greek and Roman glassware.

Address:	Zinonos Kitieos 4, Larnaka
Operating Period:	Monday - Thursday: 09:00 - 16:00, Friday - Saturday: 09:00 - 13:00
Operating Hours:	All year round
Entrance Fee:	1,71 Euro

Pierides - Tornaritis Palaeontology Museum

The Pierides - Tornaritis Museum of Paleontology is situated in the Europe Square in Larnaka (Larnaca). This is the only museum of its kind in Cyprus and houses a unique collection of fossils covering 500 million years. Among the rare local exhibits are bones from pygmy elephants and hippopotami, which died out around 10,000 B.C.

Address:	Temporary closed
Operating Period:	Tuesday - Friday: 09:00 - 14:00, Saturday - Sunday: 09:00 - 12:00 Sunday: Closed from June to August
Operating Hours:	All year round
Entrance Fee:	Free entrance