The best tradition undertaking applied by the Authorities, the brand new Cyprus Museum, is underway following the announcement on Wednesday of the tender for the development contract of the undertaking.
The announcement of the tender was made by Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Yiannis Karousos, throughout an occasion for the presentation of the undertaking in Nicosia.
Tenders shall be open till 1st July 2022 and contracts shall be signed across the finish of the brand new yr.
Building shall be accomplished inside 42 months after the signing of the contracts and it’ll take round 18 months for the reveals and all different work essential to be transferred and accomplished.
It was additionally famous that the brand new Cyprus Museum shall be constructed on an space of 40,000 sq. meters and at a price of €121.380 million, which is the best sum within the ministry’s finances for 2022 and confirms the federal government`s will to put money into the sphere of tradition.
The brand new museum shall be erected on the web site of the previous Nicosia Basic Hospital and can embody everlasting exhibition areas internet hosting 6,500 reveals, non permanent reveals, conservation workshops, warehouses, library, amphitheater, workplaces and panorama. The realm will even embody a brand new public sq..
Minister Karousos stated that the most important undertaking within the state finances in the intervening time is a tradition undertaking, “the brand new Cyprus Museum and it says lots about our assist in the direction of tradition and our society”.
As well as, the development of the brand new Cyprus Museum is a part of the broader technique of the state and is anticipated to contribute to the promotion of different associated fields comparable to cultural tourism.
The present museum was constructed by the colonial authorities in 1908 on the request of students on the time who noticed the pressing want for correct exhibition and preservation of the island’s antiquities.
He stated that regardless of all of the additions and renovations made previously, “this historic constructing is not in a position to meet the multidimensional roles {that a} trendy, nationwide archaeological museum is anticipated to have”.
The Cyprus Museum could have free admission, a coverage accredited by the Council of Ministers and can apply for all museums of the Division of Antiquities, the Minister added.
Antiquities Division Director Marina Ieronimidou stated the choice to assemble a brand new museum was “dictated by the necessity to spotlight and protect the Division of Antiquities’ collections by means of trendy museological means”.
It’s going to additionally represent an evolution of the previous Cyprus Museum because the purpose is to have a extra highly effective public picture and to perform interactively as a gathering floor of historical civilizations in situations of recent life.
In his remarks, Nicosia Mayor Constantinos Yorkatzis stated he was very happy with the implementation of the undertaking.
“A contemporary and grand archaeological museum, worthy of the historical past and tradition of our nation”, he stated, including that an archaeological museum firstly reveals respect for our historical past and tradition.
“I’m positive that the brand new archaeological museum will give new identification and worth to the vital space the place will probably be erected reverse the positioning of the Home of Representatives, very near our renovated Municipal Theatre and throughout the partitions. The placement of the brand new Museum is in a key place, within the space of administration and tradition and confirms its significance for the capital and for Cyprus as an entire”, he famous.