Culture and art / Museum
Tokat Museum (Arastalı Bedesten)
Merkez, Tokat
A free museum in the 9-domed Arastalı Bedesten, with a collection ranging from Hittite finds from Maşathöyük to a Qur'an from the Danishmendid period.
Its story
Founded in 1926 in the Gök Medrese, the museum moved in 2012 to the nine-domed Arastalı Bedesten from the Ottoman period. The collection spans the Late Chalcolithic to the Islamic period: Hittite artifacts from the Maşathöyük excavation, Roman bronzes, coins and one of the oldest known Qur'an manuscripts from the Danishmendid period stand out. The ethnography hall displays Tokat yazma (hand-printed textiles) and local objects. It can be visited together with the historic buildings on Sulusokak.
Key facts
- Hours
- 08:00–16:45, closed Mondays (muze.gov.tr)
- Founded
- 1926 (in the Arastalı Bedesten since 2012)
- Admission
- Free
- Visit duration
- 1 hour
Trip purpose
- Free
- Rainy day
- Traveling with kids
Location
40.31605, 36.54659
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=TKT01&DistId=MRK | https://goturkiye.com/tokat/see | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/186285288 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6032321