Muğla Museum

Muğla Museum
Muğla Müzesi
From ethnography section
Muğla Museum is located in Turkey
Muğla Museum
Location within Turkey
Established1994; 30 years ago (1994)
LocationMüştak Bey caddesi
Coordinates37°13′02″N 28°22′05″E / 37.21722°N 28.36806°E / 37.21722; 28.36806
TypeNatural history, Archaeology, Ethnography
Collections5460
OwnerMinistry of Culture

Muğla Museum is a museum in Muğla, Turkey. It is a general purpose museum combining natural history, archaeology and ethnography. The museum building, which is located on Müştak Bey street,[1] is the former prison of Muğla city. The building was restored and opened as a museum in 1994. [2]

One section of the museum exhibits the fossils of animals that lived 5-9 million years ago (i.e., Turolian period) from Kaklıcatepe, a hill close to Muğla. Another section focuses on archaeology; finds from excavations in Stratonicea excavations are exhibited in this area. There is also a skeleton of a gladiator.[3] In ethnography section clothes and everyday tools from Muğla area are exhibited.[2] There are 5460 items in the museum.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cultural Property page. www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ a b Muğla Culture Tourism page. dosim.kulturturizm.gov.tr. (in Turkish)
  3. ^ Milliyet newspaper. blog.milliyet.com.tr. (in Turkish)