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Derviş Paşa Ethnographic Museum

An Ottoman-era mansion in the walled city of Nicosia (Lefkoşa), now an ethnographic museum of traditional Cypriot life.

Entrance of the Derviş Paşa Mansion in North Nicosia: a blue double door under a wrought-iron fanlight in a yellow stone wall, with the museum's name plate beside it
Photo: Biologg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Derviş Paşa Mansion is an Ottoman-era house on Beliğ Paşa Sokak in the walled city of Nicosia (Lefkoşa), a few minutes' walk from Atatürk Square. It is now an ethnographic museum.

Derviş Paşa Ethnographic Museum
Photo: Biologg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Derviş Paşa Ethnographic Museum
Photo: Biologg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The museum is open from morning to early afternoon on most days and closed on Saturdays, so plan a morning visit. It is easy to combine with the Venetian Column and the rest of the old city on foot.

Address: Beliğ Paşa Sk, Lefkoşa 99010
Website: www.evkaf.org
Map: Open in Google Maps
Opening hours:
Monday: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM, 1:00 – 5:30 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM

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