The ‘Kyriazis Medical Museum’ (Iatriko Mouseio Kyriazi) is a new, non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) set up specifically in order to operate a museum of the medical, healing and health history of Cyprus. Its founding members include medical doctors, pharmacists, historians and members of the public interested in the history of Cyprus.
The vision of the organization is to “preserve, for the future generations, the medical and healing inheritance of the Cypriot people”.
Its aims are:
1. To rescue and preserve antique medical and pharmaceutical items from Cyprus.
2. To initiate dialogue on present health matters, based on past practices.
3. To safeguard the cultural memory and identity of the lay healing arts.
The museum is housed in a traditional mansion in the centre of Larnaka (a town with strong medical connections throughout antiquity, middle ages and the Ottoman period). An initial donation of over 50 old books, 60 framed documents, traditional pharmaceutical furniture and over 400 items forms the nucleus of the collection. Additional donations in kind have now been negotiated.
The presence of the museum will address the continuing loss of the medical/therapeutic cultural heritage of Cyprus. The museum will be a centre for excellence. Its presence will assure that medical historical items will no longer be dispersed throughout the island, out of context, and in danger of being lost forever.
It will encourage intergenerational dialogue between older and young people who may be able to explore treatments experienced by the older people themselves. Younger people will thus develop a better sense of national identity in the face of globalization.
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District: Larnaka
Address: 35 Karaoli & Demetriou Street, Larnaka (close to St. Lazarus Church)
Open all round the year
Operating Hours: Every Wednesday and Saturday 09:00 – 12:00
Facilities: The museum is accessible to people in wheelchairs.
Telephone / Fax: 00357-24652017 and 00357-99994718 / —
Website / Email: — / drmarios@live.it
Entrance Fee: Free
Source: Larnaka Region
In the map the follows, point 12, you can spot the exact site of the Kyriazis Medical Museum in Larnaka.