Ephesus Museum | |
Native Name: | Efes Müzesi |
Native Name Lang: | tr |
Map Type: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 37.9489°N 27.3678°W |
Location: | Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey |
Type: | Archaeological museum |
Website: | Ephesus Museum |
The Ephesus Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Efes Müzesi) is an archaeological museum in Selçuk near the Ancient Greek city of İzmir, Turkey. It houses finds from the nearby Ephesus excavation site. Its best-known exhibit is the ancient statue of the Greek Goddess Artemis retrieved from the temple of the goddess in Ephesus.[1]
There are approximately 64 thousand pieces exhibited in the Ephesus Museum.[2]
The other museum with a great number of Ephesus artifacts is the Ephesus Museum in Vienna.
The museum closed at the end of 2012, and reopened in November 2014 after extensive renovations.