Museum
St Barnabas Icon and Archaeological Museum
Famagusta, Cyprus · founded 1991
Museum in Famagusta, founded 1991; part of Monastery of St Barnabas. 2 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
Small archaeological display in the former monks' cells, mainly Bronze and Iron Age pottery from Salamis and Enkomi, and an icon museum in the church.
History
- August 1991The Turkish Cypriot authorities began restoration of the monastery and church in August 1991, per the museum's own handout; more icons were added in 1992. The complex became the St Barnabas Icon and Archaeological Museum under the TRNC Department of Antiquities and Museums.
- 2011Tour guide Zehra Akpinarlar described the museum to Stylianou-Lambert and Bounia's fieldwork.
FamagustaZehra AkpinarlarStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 167-168
People
2 peopleStaff and members · 2
- Zehra Akpinarlarstaff (c. 2011–c. 2011) · tour guideStylianou-Lambert & Bounia 2016, p. 167-1682011
- Christakis Hadjiprodromouother
Objects
Red Polished double-spouted bowl with modelled human figures, dated 2300-2075 BC on the museum label
Sources
- 1.T. Stylianou-Lambert, A. Bounia (2016). The Political Museum: Power, Conflict, and Identity in Cyprus.