Mersin Museum

Mersin Museum
	Location of Mersin Museum in Turkey
Established	1978
Location	Atatürk Caddesi Kültür Merkezi, Mersin Halkevi, Mersin, Turkey
Coordinates	36°48′23″N34°37′13″E / 36.8063°N 34.6203°E
Type	Archaeology, ethnography
Director	Songül Ceylan Bala
Website	www.mersin.web.tr

Last updated November 07, 2021

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

Mersin Province has many ancient sites. Yumuktepe and 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, stelae and amphorae of the Roman period are exhibited. The terracota tombs are from Soli. Various pottery and handicrafts as well as metal ormanets of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age are displayed in the second hall. Most of these are the findings in Yumuktepe and Gözlükule sites. The third hall on the upper floor is reserved for the ethnographic items of 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

Stela and column capitals
Golden decorations
Pithoses, jars and other vessels
Coat, belt buckles and decorations

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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.

External links

Mersin Metropolitan municipality page (in Turkish)

Coordinates: 36°47′38″N34°37′29″E / 36.79398°N 34.62475°E / 36.79398; 34.62475

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[1] "Antik varlıkları koruma incelemesi" (in Turkish). Sonses TV. 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-04-02.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[2] On line encyclopaedia (in Turkish)

[3] Mersin Müzesi, Mersin (in Turkish)

[4] "Mersin Müzesi" (in Turkish). Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2011-04-02.

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