Kahramanmaraş Archaeology Museum
Kahramanmaraş Arkeoloji Müzesi | |
![]() Museum entrance | |
![]() ![]() Kahramanmaraş Archaeology Museum | |
Established | 1994 |
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Coordinates | 37°34′26″N 36°55′34″E / 37.57389°N 36.92611°ECoordinates: 37°34′26″N 36°55′34″E / 37.57389°N 36.92611°E |
Type | Archaeology |
Owner | Ministry of Culture |
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Kahramanmaraş Archaeology Museum is a museum in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. The museum is on Azerbeycan Boulevard in Kahramanmaraş.[1] Its geographic coordinates are 37°34′26″N 36°55′34″E / 37.57389°N 36.92611°E.
History[]
According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, even in the Medieval Age during the Dulkadir Beylik there was a primitive museum of steles in the Kahramanmaraş Castle [2] During the Republican Age the first museum was established in 1947. In 1961 the museum was transferred to the castle and in 1975 to its present building.
Exhibited items[]
The items in the museum are from paleolithic, neolithic, chalcolithic, Bronze, Iron, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine Ages. The items are exhibited in seven specialized halls; a skeleton of an Anatolian elephant (now excint from Anatolia), Direkli excavations, Domuztepe excavations, Hittite items, mosaics, stone tools, chronological archaeology.[2]
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- Buildings and structures in Kahramanmaraş Province
- 1975 establishments in Turkey
- Museums in Turkey
- Tourist attractions in Kahramanmaraş Province
- Museums established in 1975