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]