Bergama Museum

Bergama Museum
Bergama Müzesi
	Hadrian's sculpture in Bergama
	Bergama Museum
Established	1936; 88 years ago
Location	Cumhuriyet Caddesi, Bergama, İzmir, Turkey
Coordinates	39°07′00″N 27°10′33″E / 39.11667°N 27.17583°E
Type	Archaeology museum, Ethnographic museum
Collections	Hellenistic period, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire
Owner	Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Website	Bergama Museum

Bergama Museum is a museum in Bergama district of İzmir Province, Turkey.

Location

The museum is in Bergama city . It is to the south of Cumhuriyet street at 39°07′00″N 27°10′33″E / 39.11667°N 27.17583°E / 39.11667; 27.17583. Its distance to İzmir is about 110 km (68 mi).

History

Bergama (ancient Pergamon) is a historically important city. Although the most important ancient monument of Bergama, namely the Pergamon Altar had been transported to Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany in 1870,^{[citation needed]} there are still enough items to be displayed in Bergama. The museum was established upon the suggestion of Marshal Fevzi Çakmak in 1932. It was opened on 30 October 1936.^[1]

Displays

Both the archaeological and ethnographical items are exhibited. The archaeological items are from the excavations around Bergama. Most notable among these are sculptures of Pergamon school, items from

Gryneion and terra-cotta from Myrina

. These ancient greek settlements are between Bergama and İzmir. In the ethnographical section the most important items are carpets and rugs from Bergama, Yuntdağ, Yağcıbekir etc.

References

^ "Bergama Museum page" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-31.

[1] "Bergama Museum page" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-31.

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