page_title: Ethnographic Museum of Cyprus
section_title: Collections
hierarchical_section_title: Ethnographic Museum of Cyprus / Collections
caption_attribution_description: Български: Експозиция в Музея на народното творчество, Никозия English: Exhibition at the Museum of Folk Art in Nicosia
context_page_description: The Cyprus Folk Art Museum is a museum in Cyprus dedicated to the country's ethnographic history. The museum is located in Nicosia directly beside the Cathedral of Agios Ioannis Evangelistis, the Byzantine Museum of Cyprus, the National Struggle Museum, and the current Archbhishop's Palace. The square beside the cathedral and museum is named after Kyprianos of Cyprus who was executed by the Ottomans in 1821 for his support of the Greek Revolution. Facing the museum and cathedral is the Pancyprian Gymnasium, founded in 1812 by Kyprianos and the oldest educational institution in Cyprus. During the 1990s the name of the museum was changed to the Ethnographic Museum for a short period. The museum is a non-profit cultural organisation and has depended on volunteers since it was founded in 1937.
context_section_description: Collections -- over 5000 items -- include examples of Cypriot folk art from the 19th and 20th centuries, including woodcarvings, embroidery, pottery, and national costumes. The collection has grown through donation and purchase, is some cases directly from the villagers who had the items at the time. Among the private collections in this museum are those of the late Maria Eleutheriou Gaffiero and the late G. Filis.
  Important objects include the door of St. Mamas in Morphou, dating from the 19th century. This inspired the famous poet Giorgos Seferis who refers to the little owl on the door in his poem “Little things of Cyprus”. The poem is dedicated to his friend and first director of the Museum, Adamantios Diamantis (1900-1994).
  Another important document of popular culture is a wall painting from the coffee shop in the village of Geri, Cyprus, 10 kilometres south-east of Nicosia. It depicts Athanasios Diakos, a well-known hero in the Greek War of Independence.
caption: Nicosia, Cyprus Folk Art Museum, display of liturgical items.
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