City Museum of Folk Art

You can get acquainted with the traditional crafts and folk art of the inhabitants of Cyprus in the museum of folk art, which is often called the “House of Hadjismith”. In this ancient stone building in the heart of the village collected folk art from all over Cyprus over the past two hundred years.

The museum opened in 1974. Ethnographic material is collected in thematic expositions for individual regions, allowing you to better understand the village life. Some rooms are decorated as whole rooms with the interior and objects of an ordinary house. The largest number of exhibits is on the floor dedicated to the city of Paphos. There you can still find small settlements where residents continue to lead their simple way of life.