On the Field: Football – History – Nicosia

17 December 2022 – 30 April 2023

The Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia ‘scores a goal’ into culture with the presentation of its unique exhibition On the Field: Football – History – Nicosia. This new temporary exhibition reveals the history of football in Cyprus, having at its core the capital of the island, Nicosia, from the beginning of colonialism until the 1960s.

It’s an invitation-challenge, which provokes us to view football under a different light, through an unconventional glance, through a penetrating look, able to extract Cypriot football from the restrictive frame of the football field, intending to emphasise its historical essence in order to offer an exceptional and diverse museum experience.

The exhibition was curated by Antigone Heraclidou, Senior Research Associate of the CYENS Centre of Excellence, Maria Patsalosavvi, Curator of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia, and Chrysostomos Sakallis, Collections Registrar of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia.

The general coordination of the exhibition was organised by the Director of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia, Tzeni Lymperopoulou Savvidou, with the valuable contribution of Maria Patsalosavvi, while the Director of the Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation, Loukia Loizou Hadjigavriel, and the Director of the A. G. Leventis Gallery, Demetra Theodotou Anagnostopoulou, consulted on its planning. 

Sponsor: A. G. Leventis Foundation
Media sponsors: Phileleftheros, Goal.news, Goal.com.cy 
TV media sponsor: Alpha Cyprus
Supported by: Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, Digital Herodotus; Press and Information Office (Photo Archive and Newspaper Archive), Ministry of Interior, Republic of Cyprus; Cyprus State Archives, Ministry of Justice and Public Order, Republic of Cyprus; Nicosia Municipality; and the Association of the Friends of the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia and the A. G. Leventis Gallery