Museums and Galleries-Limasol
Lemesos District Archaeological Museum
The Lemesos (Limassol) Archaeological Museum houses a rich and notable collection of antiquities, covering all the significant periods of Cyprus history. The exhibits are housed in three rooms and are divided into three main categories. One room primarily exhibits pottery of significant historical periods, the middle room houses coins, jewellery, lamps and a variety of copper tools and wares, while the third has sculptures, tomb stones, capitals, inscriptions and other marble and limestone objects. Exhibits include many objects related to Aphrodite, such as fertility and other votive offerings, and female terracotta figurines. The museum is linked with the Aphrodite Cultural Route.
| Address: | Anastasi Sioukri & Vyronos 5, Lemesos |
| Operating Hours: | Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 08:00 - 15:00, Thursday: 08:00 - 17:00, Saturday: 09:00 - 15:00 Monday & Sunday: closed |
| Operating Period: | All year round |
| Entrance Fee: | 1,71 Euro |
Municipal Folk Art Museum
This beautifully preserved old house provides the showcase for a very interesting collection of Cypriot folk art of the last two centuries. Exhibits include national costumes, tapestry, embroidery, wooden chests, waistcoats, men’s jackets, necklaces, a variety of light clothes, town costumes, country tools etc. The museum was established in 1985. More than 500 exhibits are displayed in its six rooms. The museum was awarded the Europa Nostra prize in 1989.
| Address: | Agiou Andreou 253, Lemesos |
| Operating Hours: | Monday - Friday: 08:30 - 13:30, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 15:00 - 17:30 (June - September: 16:00 - 18:30) |
| Operating Period: | All year round |
| Entrance Fee: | 0,85 Euro |
Fassoula Agricultural Museum
The Agricultural Museum at Fassoula is housed in a traditional house and contains agricultural tools such as a plough, a yoke, scythe and earthenware jars to store wine or olive oil, as well as everyday objects.
| Address: | Fassoula, Lemesos |
| Operating Period: | All year round |
| Entrance Fee: | Free entrance |
Carob Museum
The Carob Mill in Lemesos (Limassol) was originally built in the early 1900s when carobs were one of the main exports of Cyprus. They were used in the manufacture of such products as film, medicine, sweets and chocolates. Most of the machinery used in processing the carobs is intact and exhibited in a building that has been renovated so as to combine the authentic atmosphere of the past with the sophisticated high tech look of the present.
| Address: | Vasilissis Street, (behind Lemesos Medieval Castle) Lemesos |
| Operating Hours: | Open daily |
| Operating Period: | All year round |
| Entrance Fee: | Free entrance |
Cyprus Wine Museum
Situated in the heart of the wine producing countryside a short distance from Lemesos (Limassol) in the village of Erimi, the Cyprus Wine Museum will take you on a journey through the history of wine making in Cyprus. Photographic back drops and audiovisual presentations as well as ancient jars and vases, medieval drinking vessels, old documents and instruments encompass all aspects of wine production.
| Address: | Pafos Street 42, Erimi, Lemesos |
| Operating Hours: | Open daily |
| Operating Period: | All year round |
| Entrance Fee: | 4,28 Euro (including a glass of wine) |
Carob Museum and Factory - Mavros Chrysos
Unique museum housed in a traditional stone building devoted to the history of carob, including a guided tour about carob production. In the carob factory witness a demonstration of carob toffee making and taste-test a variety of traditional products such as pasteli.
| Address: | 15 Oinopoiiou, Anogyra, Lemesos |
| Operating Hours: | Open daily: 9:00 – 19:00 |
| Operating Period: | All year round |
| Entrance Fee: | 3.00 Euro with a 15 minutes tour |