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with the technical assistance from a number of institutions the construction of the new museum was started in 1983. In June 1986 the Abbey Museum of Art and
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finance the migration of Ward and many members of his community to Cyprus where he died in 1949. The escalation of violence as the predominant Greek population sought Enosis, Union with Greece, from the
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In 1978 it was decided to make the remaining collection available to the public and a museum board was formed appointing
Michael Strong (M.A. Archaeology & Heritage) as director of the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology. With the securing of government assistance and public sector donations and
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Folk Museum in Sweden, Ward opted to display artefacts in sympathetic surroundings. Dubbed by the press "The man who collects houses" Ward saved several historical buildings from destruction and had them rebuilt on the site at New Barnet, which was also home to the
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