International Museum Day 2026: ‘Museums Uniting a Divided World’ / Programme

International Museum Day 2026: ‘Museums Uniting a Divided World’ / Programme

02.05 – 17.06.2026
Tuesday-Sunday, 10.00-16.30 – Temporary exhibition: Sector 2: Nicosia

16.05.2026
11.30-12.30 – Special guided tour: Sector 2: Nicosia

17.05.2026
10.00-12.30 – Educational programme and printmaking workshop: ‘Museums tell stories! Children in action in two museums’ (in collaboration with the Hambis Municipal Museum of Printmaking)

18.05.2026
10.00-16.30 – The Museum is open (International Museum Day)

30.05.2026
11.00-12.00 – Special guided tour: Sector 2: Nicosia

Activities Abroad – The Museum Travels

Athens

The activities are initiated in the framework of the parallel temporary exhibition Sector 2: Nicosia, organised in collaboration with the Deputy Ministry of Culture, as part of the Cultural Programme of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.

11.03 – 24.05.2026
Temporary exhibition: Sector 2: Nicosia
(Tobacco Factory of the Hellenic Parliament)

15.04 – 24.05.2026
Photography exhibition featuring material from the Archives of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia
(House of Cyprus)

19.05.2026
20.00-21.00 – Dramatic Reading: The Other Era
(House of Cyprus)

London

07.05.2026
Educational programme for children: ‘In the kingdom of ancient Ledra!’

The programme is implemented in collaboration with the Cultural Department of the High Commission of the Republic of Cyprus in the United Kingdom and in the framework of the Cultural Programme of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026.

The programme will take place at St Cyprian’s Greek Orthodox Primary Academy, London, for the school’s pupils.

08.05.2026
18.00-20.00 – Educational programme for adults: ‘Stories from clay: Creating with inspiration through the Collections of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia’

The programme is organised in the framework of the Culture Club at the Residence cultural project, initiated by Mrs Vasiliki Kinani Kourou, spouse of the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus in the United Kingdom.