Three Photographic Trails Nicosia: People and Places Part 1: 1878-1950

10 April – 19 May 2024

The Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia presents the temporary exhibition Three Photographic Trails – Nicosia: People and Places. 

The exhibition brings together a vast array of historical photographs from the Museum’s ‘To Mati’ Photographic Archive, arranged in a way that ‘illustrates’ the capital of Cyprus through the passage of time. Three photographic trails, three places that evolve successively as parts of a single exhibition: Part 1: 1878-1950, Part 2: 1950-1960 and Part 3: 1960-2004.

The first part of the trilogy includes postcards and photographic material by the first photographers from 1878 to 1950.

The photographs were taken either by prominent photographers who visited the island from the late 19th century onwards or by professional Cypriot photographers
who captured everything that made an impression on them. John P. Foscolo, the Mangoian Brothers, Felix Yiaxis, Theodoulos N. Toufexis and Charles Glaszner
are just a few of these pioneering photographers.

We owe to them snapshots of the streets and monuments of Nicosia, details of daily life and the world of our city during the British Period.

Open: Tuesday-Sunday, 10.00-16.30
Closed: Mondays and public holidays

Sponsor: The A. G. Leventis Foundation

Media sponsor: Kathimerini newspaper

With the support of: The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, Nicosia Municipality and the Association of the Friends of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia and the A. G. Leventis Gallery