Mersin Museum
Established | 1978 |
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Location | Atatürk Caddesi Kültür Merkezi, Mersin Halkevi, Mersin, Turkey |
Coordinates | 36°48′23″N 34°37′13″E / 36.8063°N 34.6203°E |
Type | Archaeology, ethnography |
Director | Songül Ceylan Bala[1] |
Website | www.mersin.web.tr |
Mersin Museum is the main museum of Mersin, Turkey. It is operated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. However after establishing a new museum, i.e., Mersin Archaeological Museum most of the exhibits were moved to the new museum.
History
Soli in Mersin city and Gözlükule in Tarsus are among these. But prior to the foundation Mersin Museum, the findings were exhibited in other museums. Mersin Museum was founded in 1978. After 1991 the museum was located in the present site, the eastern wing of Mersin Halkevi.[2]
The exhibition
The stone findings such as pithoses and steles are exhibited in the yard. The museum has two floors. In the ground floor there are two exhibition halls. In the first hall,
Turkmen culture such as ornamental items, carpets, clothes, prayer rosaries, wooden and copper artifacts, weapons etc. In addition to 446 items there are also 999 coins.[3][4]
Gallery
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Stela and column capitals
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Golden decorations
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Pithoses, jars and other vessels
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Coat,belt bucklesand decorations
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mersin Museum.
- Atatürk Museum, Mersin
References
- ^ "Antik varlıkları koruma incelemesi" (in Turkish). Sonses TV. 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-04-02.[permanent dead link]
- ^ On line encyclopaedia (in Turkish)
- ^ Mersin Müzesi, Mersin (in Turkish)
- ^ "Mersin Müzesi" (in Turkish). Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2011-04-02.