Culture and art / Museum
Aksaray Museum
Merkez, Aksaray
A regional museum spanning the Neolithic to the Ottoman period, with finds from the Aşıklı Höyük, Acemhöyük and Güvercinkayası excavations.
Its story
The museum was founded in 1969 in the Zinciriye Madrasa; as finds from excavations increased, a new building was needed, and the present building opened to visitors in 2014. On display are stone and bone tools, obsidian artifacts and an agate necklace from Aşıklı Höyük; stamp seals from Güvercinkayası; and seals, seal impressions and ceramics from the Assyrian Trade Colonies Period from Acemhöyük. The group of Byzantine-era mummies, including cat mummies, is one of the museum's most popular sections. Ethnographic items from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods are also exhibited.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1969 (new building 2014)
- Location
- On the Aksaray–Niğde road (D.750)
- Visit duration
- 1 hour
Trip purpose
- Accessible
- Rainy day
- Traveling with kids
Location
38.36056, 33.99384
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksaray_M%C3%BCzesi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksaray_Museum | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6015876