The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (BoCCF) is opening its spaces, inviting you to discover history, stimulate your imagination and take part in an experience connecting past and present through the following series of events.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Guided tour with the curators of the Cyprus Insula exhibition, History-Memory-Reality

  • Facilitators: Dr Yiannis Toumazi & Demetra Ignatiou
  • Timing: 5.30-7pm (in Greek) | 7-8.30pm (in English)
  • Reservation required: 22-128175/22-128163 | Free Participation

Saturday, May 16, 2026

“Escape the Museum” – an interactive escape room for adults

  • Facilitators: George Christou – Special Education | Andrea Oratiou – Archaeologist | Ioanna Pandeli – Archaeologist
  • Timing: 6.30–8pm
  • Groups limited to 3–5 people
  • Reservations required: 22128175/22128163 | Free admission

Experience a unique mystery adventure in the “Escape the Museum” interactive escape room, which will take place in the Foundation’s exhibition halls and museums.

In this interactive escape room for adults, participants will be invited to journey through different historical periods of Cyprus and solve challenging puzzles, combining logic, observation, and teamwork. With the help of an “archaeologist” and within 90 minutes, they must decipher the secrets of the past and find the hidden key that will lead them to their escape.

Sunday May 17, 2026

“Tefkros and the Secrets of Coins”

  • An educational discovery game for children
  • Facilitator: Andrea Oratiou – Archaeologist
  • Timing: 11am-12.30pm
  • For participants aged: 8–11 years
  • Reservation required: 22128175/22128163 | Free Participation

What might coins be hiding? What do these small pieces of metal reveal? Perhaps kings, queens, emperors, hidden stories, and ideas? We’ll discover all this together with Tefkros, the first interactive museum guide with artificial intelligence, through a discovery game at the Foundations Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage.

Saturday May 23, 2026

“Our Collections Beyond the Museum”

  • Timing: 6-11pm

The collections of BOCCF museums are stepping outside their walls filling our amphitheatre for an evening full of music, flash tattoos*, workshops, a free museum-themed photo booth, and much more.

Drinks will be made available by the True Heart Café, a social enterprise dedicated to breaking down barriers for people with autism and other support needs.

*The flash tattoos will be inspired by the BoCCF collections. The price for each flash tattoo is €40 and includes a free drink, with all proceeds going to the NGO Voice for Autism.

The flash tattoo designs will be curated and posted soon on the Foundation’s social media pages and were created by the following professional tattoo artists.

  • @phinicks_tattoo
  • @eliztattooart
  • @flyla_tattoo
  • @braveheart_ink

Special thanks go to Tattools & Anso Supplies for supporting this charity event, as well as to the tattoo artists themselves.

Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (BoCCF)

  • 86-90 Faneromenis Street, 1011 Nicosia
  • www.boccf.org | @boccf