Muğla Museum Explained

Muğla Museum
Native Name:Muğla Müzesi
Native Name Lang:Turkish
Map Type:Turkey
Coordinates:37.2172°N 28.3681°W
Location:Müştak Bey caddesi
Type:Natural history, Archaeology, Ethnography
Collections:5460
Owner:Ministry of Culture

Muğla Museum is a museum in Muğla, Turkey. It is a general purpose museum combining natural history, archaeology and ethnography. The museum building, which is located on Müştak Bey street,[1] is the former prison of Muğla city. The building was restored and opened as a museum in 1994.[2]

One section of the museum exhibits the fossils of animals that lived 5-9 million years ago (i.e., Turolian period) from Kaklıcatepe, a hill close to Muğla. Another section focuses on archaeology; finds from excavations in Stratonicea excavations are exhibited in this area. There is also a skeleton of a gladiator.[3] In ethnography section clothes and everyday tools from Muğla area are exhibited.[2] There are 5460 items in the museum.[1]

References

  1. http://www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr/TR,44130/mugla-muze-mudurlugu.html Cultural Property page
  2. http://dosim.kulturturizm.gov.tr/muze/249 Muğla Culture Tourism page
  3. http://blog.milliyet.com.tr/mugla-muzeleri-nde--/Blog/?BlogNo=181838 Milliyet newspaper