Mersin Archaeological Museum is a museum in Mersin,

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Location

The museum is at to the east of Mersin Naval Museum, to the south of Muğdat Mosque and to the north of Adnan Menderes Boulevard. Its total land area , including the yard is . It is a two storey building. In addition to exhibit halls there is a library, a conference room, a children's play room and a market in the museum.

History

Mersin Province Mersin Province ( tr, ), formerly İçel Province ( tr, ), is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital and the biggest city in the province is Mersin, which is composed of f ...

has many ancient sites.

Yumuktepe Yumuktepe (or Yümüktepe) is a tell (ruin mound) at within the city borders of Mersin, Turkey. In 1936, the mound was on the outskirts of Mersin, but after a rapid increase of population, the mound was surrounded by the Toroslar municipality o ...

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. Its former location was in

Mersin Halkevi Mersin Halkevi is a building in Mersin, Turkey originally built within the scope of the project Halkevleri, but currently used as a cultural center and opera house. History Halkevleri was an important enlightenment project in the early years o ...

Building. However the exhibition hall of the former museum building was insufficient for the Mersin-area-archaeological items and the new building was constructed. It was opened on 18 May 2017.

Exhibits

The visitors enter a time tunnel, in which various stages in paleolithic, neolithic, chalcolithic, bronze and iron ages are displayed in chronological order. Then there are replicas (diorama) of neolithic dwellings, ancient olive presses and a pool of amphoras. In the upper floor, findings from

, Soli, Elaiussa Sebaste and many other places are exhibited. Some items are exhibited in showcases. There is also a Hellenistic inscription from

Bozyazı Bozyazı is a town and district of Mersin Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, west of the city of Mersin. Geography Bozyazı is a remote coastal district with the Taurus Mountains as a backdrop; The roads over the mountains or along t ...

, i.e., ancient Nagidos and various statues as well as column headings. In ethnography section, exhibits about later-era-

Yörüks The Yörüks, also Yuruks or Yorouks ( tr, Yörükler; , ''Youroúkoi''; bg, юруци; mk, Јуруци, ''Juruci''), are a Turkish ethnic subgroup of Oghuz descent, some of whom are nomadic, primarily inhabiting the mountains of Anatolia ...

(nomadic Turkmens) and the replica of a ''hug'', a primitive dwelling found close to Yumuktepe are exhibited. The total number of exhibits is 1435.Mersin Culture portal

Gallery

File:Mersin Archaeological Museum, 1.jpg, Ottoman tombstone File:Mersin Archaeological Museum, 2.jpg, Hellenitic sculpture (Dionysos-Pan-Panther) File:Mersin Archaeological Museum 3.jpg, Nagidos inscription File:Mersin Archaeological Museum, 4.jpg, Mersin findings

References

{{authority control Archaeological Yenişehir, Mersin Archaeological museums in Turkey 2017 establishments in Turkey Museums established in 2017