Pros: Nicosia desperately needed a boost in tourism and this exceptionally built museum, in combination with better bus connectivity from the Larnaca airport will be very helpful.
Cons: It won’t have nearly as many visitors as Acropolis Museum.
What’s even more worrying is that the estimations they make usually dont correspond to the final cost
I prefer this kind of spend rather than spending it on the military and huge wages of the A15 bullshit jobs
The fact that the Acropolis Museum was built 15-20 years ago is a huge factor to the difference in price.. in the last year, inflation has gone up almost 30-50%.. your comparing 2 entirely different things
Acropolis museum was built 20 years ago, so you need to count inflation.
Additionally, new Cyprus Museum is 40,000sq m while Acropolis Museum is 14,000sq m.
So I would say building something 3 times the size for the same price (even disregarding inflation) is probably a decent deal.
I just hope that they don’t justify high costs with inflation and high cost of materials, and then build a very expensive barn for double the money and steal half of it.
The proper comparison would be the Greek National Museum, not the Acropolis Museum, since the Museum is meant to encompass the entire history of the whole island not a particular moment in history and place, which is what the Acropolis Museum does. In that light (ignoring the good points on inflation people mentioned), the price is actually not high. (but also corruption)
You can’t compare prices of projects over 20 years.
Elitist crooks gotta eat too…
You do realize that this comparison is an excellent defense to the Cyprus museum, right?
Διασπάθηση δημόσιου χρήματος μου μυρίζει εμένα. Θα είναι όντως μουσείο που να αξίζει τόσα λεφτά? Ή θα είναι όπως το νεο γύπεδο λεμεσού ?
Brother you are forgetting about inflation.
Τζαι αμαν ημουν δημοτικο επκιανα κουλουρι που τη καττινα 30 σεντ της λιρας μπρο
wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation
Inflation, plus the fact that all materials today are even more expensive. Also compare salaries in Greece and in Cyprus. It kinda makes sense.
As long as the museum itself is good and will last for a lot of years 144mil is not that much really
The Acropolis Museum saved money because they don’t have to store the Elgin Marbles.
(this is a joke, I’ve been to the museum, there’s actually a dedicated area whose theme is basically “here’s where the marbles would go, IF WE HAD THEM”)
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My simplified view for the high price:
Pros: Nicosia desperately needed a boost in tourism and this exceptionally built museum, in combination with better bus connectivity from the Larnaca airport will be very helpful.
Cons: It won’t have nearly as many visitors as Acropolis Museum.
Sources
https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/ktirio-toy-moyseioy
https://www.brief.com.cy/oikonomia/kypros/karoysos-eu144-ekat-kostos-toy-neoy-kypriakoy-moyseioy
What’s even more worrying is that the estimations they make usually dont correspond to the final cost
I prefer this kind of spend rather than spending it on the military and huge wages of the A15 bullshit jobs
The fact that the Acropolis Museum was built 15-20 years ago is a huge factor to the difference in price.. in the last year, inflation has gone up almost 30-50%.. your comparing 2 entirely different things
Acropolis museum was built 20 years ago, so you need to count inflation.
Additionally, new Cyprus Museum is 40,000sq m while Acropolis Museum is 14,000sq m.
So I would say building something 3 times the size for the same price (even disregarding inflation) is probably a decent deal.
I just hope that they don’t justify high costs with inflation and high cost of materials, and then build a very expensive barn for double the money and steal half of it.
The proper comparison would be the Greek National Museum, not the Acropolis Museum, since the Museum is meant to encompass the entire history of the whole island not a particular moment in history and place, which is what the Acropolis Museum does. In that light (ignoring the good points on inflation people mentioned), the price is actually not high. (but also corruption)
You can’t compare prices of projects over 20 years.
Elitist crooks gotta eat too…
You do realize that this comparison is an excellent defense to the Cyprus museum, right?
Διασπάθηση δημόσιου χρήματος μου μυρίζει εμένα. Θα είναι όντως μουσείο που να αξίζει τόσα λεφτά? Ή θα είναι όπως το νεο γύπεδο λεμεσού ?
Brother you are forgetting about inflation.
Τζαι αμαν ημουν δημοτικο επκιανα κουλουρι που τη καττινα 30 σεντ της λιρας μπρο
wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation
Inflation, plus the fact that all materials today are even more expensive. Also compare salaries in Greece and in Cyprus. It kinda makes sense.
As long as the museum itself is good and will last for a lot of years 144mil is not that much really
The Acropolis Museum saved money because they don’t have to store the Elgin Marbles.
(this is a joke, I’ve been to the museum, there’s actually a dedicated area whose theme is basically “here’s where the marbles would go, IF WE HAD THEM”)
This is Cyprus RAHHHH🇨🇾🦅🦅‼️