Antalya Museum

The beginning of the organization of the museum was laid by Suleiman Fikri Bay, who began to collect archaeological finds discovered in the historical center of Antalya. The museum was opened in the Alaeddin-Jami mosque in 1922. Since 1937, the museum’s exposition has been housed in the Ivli Jami Mosque. In 1972, he moved to the current building.

The Antalya Museum of Local Lore has 13 exhibition halls, 1 open exhibition area, laboratories, a storehouse, workshops, a photographic office, a conference room, administrative rooms, a cafeteria and living quarters for museum employees. Showrooms are described below.

Nature History Hall

The inhabitants of the Earth from unicellular organisms to humans are represented, diagrams and paintings, fossils and bones.

Prehistoric Hall

In the prehistoric hall are exhibited items found in Karain , Okuzini and Semahoyuk. Karain is a cave where traces of the habitat of people succeeding each other cultures are preserved. Exhibits range from the Paleolithic era to the ancient Roman period. Among them are petrified remains of animals and kitchen utensils.

Prehistoric Hall

It exhibited objects of the Neolithic, Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age found in Khachilar. Most of the items were discovered during excavations in Semahoyuk and its environs.

Antiquity Hall

This room presents artifacts from the Mycenaean to Hellenistic periods: clay figurines, vessels for wine, dishes. In one of the windows of the Hellenistic era, you can see the important statuette of Apollo. In addition, the museum exhibits sculptural works of the ancient Roman period, which make up the largest section of the exhibition.

Hall of the Gods

In the hall of the gods or in the sculptural hall are exposed statues of heroes of myths dating from the 2nd – 3rd centuries AD, the ancient Roman period. They were found during excavations in Perga .

Small Find Halls I and II

Lamps and glass objects of the ancient Roman and Byzantine periods, a gold inlaid silver tray found by treasure hunters in Kumluca , incense burners for incense and a lamp (VI century A.D.) are exhibited in the small find halls. In the front of the hall are exhibited figures from the grave, found opposite Limira.

Hall of Emperors

In this room, statues depicting emperors, empresses and other characters of the ancient Roman era are exhibited. They were found at excavations in Perga. In the center of the hall is a large statue of the Plantation of Magna , a woman who did much for the prosperity of Perga in the golden age of this city. There you can also see statues of Emperor Hadrian , Emperor Septimius Severus and his wife.

Burial Culture Hall

In the hall of culture of burials or the hall of sarcophagi exhibited sarcophagi of the era of Ancient Rome from Pamphylia and Sidemar. The most beautiful of them are the sarcophagus of Domitias and the sarcophagus with the image of the twelve exploits of Hercules .

Mosaic Hall

In the mosaic hall are mosaics of the Byzantine era, found during excavations in Xanthos, as well as icons from the vicinity of Antalya.

Coin Hall

The coin hall displays coin samples of gold, electron, silver and copper from the Hellenistic era to the Ottoman period. Of the greatest interest from them are city and imperial coins.

Ethnographic Halls

In the first hall, objects of the Seljuk and Ottoman periods are displayed: tiles, porcelain, religious objects, orders, seals, amulets, watches, valuables, keys, locks, clothes. In four sections of the second hall are carpets, household items of nomadic-apricots, interior items and weapons. Part of the hall is reserved for showing the interiors of the living room, bedroom and bathhouse of an ordinary Anatolian house.

• Newspaper Antalya Times . - No. 3/36, 2008. - S. 12-13.

• Museum official website
• High Resolution Museum Photos
• antalyamuzesi.gov.tr
• Photos of some museum artifacts
• Museum Galleries
• Large selection of photographs from the Archaeological Museum of Antalya