Anamur Museum
Anamur Müzesi | |
Established | 1992 |
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Location | Yalıevleri, Adnan Menderes cad.3, Anamur, Turkey |
Coordinates | 36°04′12″N 32°51′57″E / 36.07000°N 32.86583°E |
Type | Archaeology, Ethnography |
Collections | Hellenistic period, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Seljuk Empire, Ottoman Empire |
Collection size | 11552 |
Owner | Ministry of Culture and Tourism |
Website | Anamur Museum |
Anamur Museum is a museum of archaeology and ethnography in Anamur ilçe (district) of Mersin Province, southern Turkey.
Location
[edit]The museum is the Yalıevleri (coastal) neighborhood of Anamur at 36°04′12″N 32°51′57″E / 36.07000°N 32.86583°E. Mouth of Dragon Creek is to the 1,250 metres (4,100 ft) to the east of the museum. Its distance to Anamur centrum is about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) and to Mersin is 220 kilometres (140 mi).
History
[edit]In 1976, the building area of 260 square metres (2,800 sq ft) was allocated for the planned museum. But construction was delayed and the museum building was opened in 1992. Anamur area is rich in archaeological remains. Up to the establishment of the museum the finds were displayed in other museums, notably in Silifke and Alanya Museums. After 1992 Anamur based articles were returned to Anamur.[1]
The building and the displayed items
[edit]The upper floor of the two storey building is reserved the administration, library, photo lab and a conference room. The archaeology and ethnography display halls as well as the stock room and the cafeteria are in the ground floor. In the museum section in addition to finds in Anamur area, the finds in Bozyazı and Aydıncık (ancient Nagidos and Kelenderis respectively) are also displayed. In the archaeology hall there are coins, mosaics, oil lamps ornaments and the like from the Roman Empire era and earlier. Some examples in the ethnography hall are carpets, various equipment about coffee treat, powder horn, swords, metallic cookware, copper caldron, clocks etc.[1] There are 3470 archaeology items, 849 ethnography items, 7105 coins and 124 stamps.[2]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- Adatepe Olive Oil Museum
- Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum
- Akhisar Museum
- Atatürk's House (Şuhut)
- Aydın Archaeological Museum
- Bergama Museum
- Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum
- Burhaniye National Forces Culture Museum
- Çamlık Railway Museum
- Çeşme Museum
- Denizli Museum
- Natural History Museum of Ege University
- İnciraltı Sea Museum
- İzmir Archaeological Museum
- İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum
- İzmir Ethnography Museum
- İzmir Toy Museum
- İzmir Women's Museum
- Kütahya Archaeological Museum
- Manisa Archaeological Museum
- Milas Museum
- Muğla Museum
- Ödemiş Museum
- Ödemiş Urban Archives and Museum
- Tahtakuşlar
- Tire City Museum
- Uşak Museum of Archaeology
- Victory Museum
- Alaçam Population Exchange Museum
- Amasra Museum
- Amasya Museum
- Baksı Museum
- Bolu Museum
- Çorum Archaeological Museum
- Dikyamaç Museum
- Giresun Museum
- Hagia Sophia, Trabzon
- Karabük Kardemir Iron-Steel Museum
- Karadeniz Ereğli Museum
- Kastamonu Ethnography Museum
- Ordu Ethnographical Museum
- Rize Atatürk Museum
- Samsun Atatürk Museum
- Surgical Instruments and Health Museum
- Sinop Fortress Prison
- Sinop Archaeological Museum
- Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Museum
- Tokat Museum
- Trabzon Museum
- Aksaray Museum
- Akşehir Museum
- Anıtkabir
- Ankara Aviation Museum
- Atatürk Museum Mansion
- Atatürk's Residence and Railway Museum
- Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum
- Erimtan Museum
- Eskişehir Museum
- Eskişehir Aviation Museum
- Eskişehir Caricature Museum
- Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum
- Eskişehir Wax Museum
- Ethnography Museum of Ankara
- Feza Gürsey Science Center
- Gordion Museum
- Gökyay Association Chess Museum
- İnönü Military Quarter and War Museum
- Karaman Museum
- Kayseri Archaeology Museum
- Kırıkkale MKE Weapons Industry Museum
- Kırşehir Museum
- Konya Archaeological Museum
- Konya Ethnography Museum
- Konya Ereğli Museum
- Mehmet Akif Ersoy Literature Museum Library
- METU Science and Technology Museum
- Mevlana Museum
- Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
- Museum of Modern Glass Art, Eskişehir
- Museum of woodworking
- Nevşehir Museum
- Niğde Archaeological Museum
- Pembe Köşk
- Republic Museum
- Roman Baths of Ankara
- Sahip Ata Museum
- Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum
- Stamp Museum
- State Art and Sculpture Museum
- Tayfun Talipoğlu Typewriter Museum
- TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum
- Ulucanlar Prison Museum
- Vakıf Museum
- War of Independence Museum
- Yozgat Museum
- Museum of Nationist Forces in Balıkesir
- Bilecik Museum
- Bursa Archaeological Museum
- Bursa Atatürk Museum
- Bursa Forestry Museum
- Bursa Karagöz Museum
- Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
- Bursa Energy Museum
- Camera Museum, Istanbul
- Çanakkale Archaeological Museum
- Edirne Museum
- Gelibolu War Museum
- Kırklareli Museum
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- Konuralp Museum
- Mudanya Armistice House
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- Rákóczi Museum
- Sakarya Museum
- SEKA Paper Museum
- Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
- Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages
- Troy Museum
- For museums in Istanbul see Museums in Istanbul
- Adana Archaeology Museum
- Adana Cinema Museum
- Alanya Archaeological Museum
- Anamur Museum
- Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum
- Atatürk Museum
- Adana Ethnography Museum
- Antalya Museum
- Atatürk's House Museum (Antalya)
- Burdur Archaeological Museum
- Emirler Picnic Area and Museum
- Hatay Archaeology Museum
- İskenderun Naval Museum
- Kahramanmaraş Archaeology Museum
- Kahramanmaraş Liberation Museum
- Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum
- Mersin Archaeological Museum
- Mersin Atatürk Museum
- Mersin Museum
- Mersin Naval Museum
- Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum
- Mersin Water Museum
- Mersin Urban History Museum
- Misis Mosaic Museum
- Narlıkuyu Museum
- Osmaniye City Museum
- Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus
- Silifke Museum
- Silifke Atatürk Museum
- Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum
- Tarsus Museum
- Taşucu Amphorae Museum
- Taşucu Atatürk Museum