The County Archaeological Museum, located in Paphos, is part of the Nicosia Museum, one of the most famous museums in Cyprus. It contains almost all the archaeological finds that have been recently discovered in and around Paphos, and some of them have been brought from other regions of Cyprus as well. The museum's collection contains artefacts that illustrate the rich and colourful history of the island. Some of them date as far back as the Neolithic period.
The museum was founded in 1964 after the independence of Cyprus. The museum has five halls, where the exhibits are collected by theme and in chronological order, as well as a special room where you can see large stone slabs with inscriptions and drawings. The first room contains stone tools, precious jewellery, ceramics, images of idols, iron and bronze objects. The second hall contains statuettes made of marble, stone, sculptural compositions from antiquity, as well as a collection of coins that belong to several eras at once. The third hall will be of interest to fans of the Roman period - there you can find ceramic, marble and glass vessels and sculptures, stone sarcophagi. The fourth hall contains exhibits from the Roman and Byzantine periods, mainly fragments of paintings of tombs and dwellings. The exposition of the last room is represented by exhibits from the Middle Ages - glass and earthenware, elements of painted surfaces and various sculptures.
