Kyriazis Medical Museum, Medical history museum in Larnaca, Cyprus.
The Kyriazis Medical Museum occupies a restored, listed town mansion with a neoclassical facade and blue shutters. Its rooms have high ceilings and wooden floors, and the entrance hall floor carries a decorated ceramic pattern. Exhibits fill four rooms and a garden, covering pharmacy bottles, an X-ray machine, surgical instruments and a replica of the Hippocratic Ladder.
The collection began in 1990 but stayed in storage for lack of space until the museum opened in October 2011, inaugurated by Cyprus Health Minister Stavros Malas. Founder Marios Kyriazis, from four generations of Larnaca doctors and pharmacists, donated the restored listed town mansion and items inherited from his grandfather Neoclis Kyriazis (1878–1956) and great-grandfather Antonios Tsepis (1843–1905), both practitioners in Larnaca.
The museum displays old medical documents and texts showing how people on Cyprus treated illnesses across centuries. The collections tell stories of local healing methods and how medical knowledge developed in the island's daily life.
The museum sits on Karaoli and Demetriou street in central Larnaca and is easy to reach on foot. Opening hours are limited, so visitors should plan ahead and expect free admission.
The museum's garden holds native Cypriot medicinal herbs, showing which plants were traditionally used in treatments. A dedicated room serves as a research center with a multilingual medical library for scholars and enthusiasts.
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