Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum Explained

Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum
Native Name:Ali Demirsoy Doğa Tarihi Müzesi
Native Name Lang:Turkish
Map Type:Turkey
Coordinates:39.2608°N 38.4975°W
Established:2006
Location:Halilağa Türkmen Mahallesi Okullar Sokak No5 Kemaliye, Turkey
Type:Natural history
Owner:Ali Demirsor (supported by Tubitak)

Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum (Turkish: Ali Demirsoy Doğa Tarihi Müzesi) is a museum in Kemaliye, Turkey.

The museum is in the campus of Hacı Ali Akın Multi-Program Highschool in Kemaliye ilçe (district), of Erzincan Province.[1] Its founder is Professor Ali Demirsoy of Hacettepe University. It is supported by Tubitak (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey).

Exhibited items

Exhibited items are the following:[2]

The number of plant fossils is about 800 and insect fossils is about 2000. One of the recent additions to the museum is the elephant skeleton from Ankara Zoo.[3]

References

  1. http://hacialiakinlisesi.meb.k12.tr/meb_iys_dosyalar/24/05/145914/okulumuz_hakkinda.html?CHK=6d23c13526bdfd9d49351bef40f4b48f School page
  2. http://kemaliyemyo.erzincan.edu.tr/?page_id=159 Erzincan University page
  3. Kemaliye 'Prof.Dr.Ali Demirsoy Dŏga Tarihi Müzesi' . Popüler Bilim . tr . 2016-11-24 . 2016-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161124155059/http://www3.istanbul.edu.tr/genel/idari/basinhalk/HABERLER/21_06_12/PDF/populer_bilim_36.pdf.