The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazara area in Ankara, Turkey. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut PaÅŸa bazaar storage building, and the Kurayunlu Han. Because of Atatürk's desire to establish a Hittite museum, the buildings were bought upon the suggestion of Hamit Zübeyir KoÅŸay, who was then Culture Minister, to the National Education Minister, Saffet Arıkan. After the remodelling and repairs were completed (1938–1968), the building was opened to the public as the Ankara Archaeological Museum.
Today, KurÅŸunlu Han, used as an administrative building, houses the work rooms, library, conference hall, laboratory and workshop. The old bazaar building houses the exhibits. Within this Ottoman building, the museum has a number of exhibits of Anatolian archeology. They start with the Paleolithic era, and continue chronologically through the Neolithic, Early Bronze, Assyrian trading colonies, Hittite, Phrygian, Urartian, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuq and Ottoman periods. There is also an extensive collection of artifacts from the excavations at Karain, Çatalhöyük, Hacılar, Canhasan, Beyce Sultan, Alacahöyük, Kültepe, Acemhöyük, BoÄŸazköy (Gordion), Pazarlı, Altıntepe, Adilcevaz and Patnos as well as examples of several periods.
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations - Ankara Castle
Address: Kale, Gözcü Sk. No:2, 06240 Ulus/Alt?nda?
Phone: +903123243160
Site:
http://www.sanalmuze.gov.tr/Location inserted by
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