Mersin Museum

Mersin Museum

File:Mersin museum.jpg
Location of Mersin Museum in Turkey
Established	1978
Location	Atatürk Caddesi Kültür Merkezi, Mersin Halkevi, Mersin, Turkey
Coordinates
Type	Archaeology, ethnography
Director	Songül Ceylan Bala
Website	www.mersin.web.tr

Mersin Museum is the main museum of Mersin, Turkey. It is operated by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

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. A new museum building in Yenişehir is under construction.

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.

Gallery

• Mersin History Museum - yard - 01.jpg

  Stela and column capitals

• Mersin History Museum - first floor - 07.jpg

  Golden decorations

• Mersin History Museum - first floor - 10.jpg

  Pithoses, jars and other vessels

• Mersin History Museum - second floor - 01.jpg

  Coat, belt buckles and decorations

See also

• Atatürk Museum, Mersin

External links

• Mersin Metropolitan municipality page (Turkish)