Museums in Northern Cyprus

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Lapidary Museum (Turkish Nicosia)
Houses a fine collection of sculpture and stone monuments taken from buildings of mediaeval Nicosia. The exterior is a fine example of a Venetian merchant residence.

Shipwreck Museum (Kyrenia Castle)
It displays the remains of a 2300 year old ship and its cargo, which was salvaged by a team from the university of Pennsylvania in 1968-69. The cargo includes the unbroken amphorae, millstones and almonds amazingly preserved in jars. Also a replica of the ship.

Fine Arts Museum (Kyrenia)
Displays paintings, pottery and decorative works of art.

Folklore Museum (Kyrenia)
A reconstruction of a traditional Cypriot house, contains handicrafts and fabrics from the Karpas peninsula, looms, a bride's chest a wine press etc.

The Peace & Freedom Museum (Kyrenia)
Set up near the Landing Beach in Girne after the 1974 landing of the Turkish troops, it displays, mainly in the open air, remains of the fighting and a display of guns, tanks and other armaments both Greek and Turkish.

Archaeological & Natural Science Museum (Guzelyurt)
Contains mainly archaeological artefacts from the bronze age as well as a section concerned with geology, birds, reptiles, insects and some of the wildlife of the island.

The Icon Museums
Are in Archangelos Church (Kyrenia) and in St Barnabas (Famagusta), where collected icons of various periods are preserved.

Cambulat Bastion & Museum (Famagusta)
Where Cambulat the hero of the Ottoman siege of Famagusta in 1571, is buried. This small museum is devoted to Old Turkish costumes, arms ,Venetian and Ottoman Pottery.