The Antalya Archaeological Museum is one of Turkey’s largest museums, located in Antalya. It includes 13 exhibition halls and an open air gallery. It covers an area of 7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft) and has 5000 works of art are exhibited. In addition a further 25,000–30,000 artifacts which cannot be displayed are in storage. As a museum exhibiting examples of works, which illuminate the history of the Mediterranean and Pamphylia regions in Anatolia, Antalya Museum is one of the most important of Turkey’s museums. The Museum won the “European Council Special Prize” in 1988.
At the end of the World War I, during the time when Antalya was under the Italian military occupation, Italian archeologists started to remove the archeological treasures that had been found in the center or the surroundings to the Italian Embassy, which they claimed to do in the name of civilization. To prevent these initiatives, Süleyman Fikri Bey, the Sultan’s teacher, applied to the Antalya post and jurisdiction of the provincial Governor in 1919 and had himself appointed as voluntary curator of antiquities and first tried to establish the Antalya Museum by collecting what remained in the center.
The museum at first operated in the Alâeddin Mosque in 1922, then in Yivli Minare Mosque beginning from 1937, and then moved to its present building in 1972. It was closed to visitors for a wide range of modifications and restorations in 1982. It was reorganized according to a modern approach for a museum and opened to the public in April 1985, after the restorations and display arrangements made by the General Directorate of Ancient Objects and Museums.
Roman Dancer at Antalya Archaeological Museum
Bronze age burial practice around here (for some): in a big amphora jar
Three Graces in Antalya Archaeological Museum
This museum really was an eye-opener to the scale and scope of Turkey's history and it's crossover with Greece and Italy. Around every corner of this museum was another "Wow". A must see while in Antalya. You can even hit the beach across the road afterwords to digest what you just witnessed.
Antalya Archaeological Museum Its a really great museum.
nice museum at the end of the tram line from kaleci cost 15 tl entry
nicely air conditioned with lots of stuff to look at Has all the statues and artefacts which were removed from the city of perges top museum has chickens in the grounds lots of useful free guides in english toilets turkish type
This museum mostly showcase the the history of the mediterranean region in Anatolia. Not too touristy here, and entrace fee was at 15 lira. Mainly, i recall there being lots of sarcophagi, and statues and coins. The audio guide wasn't especially helpful, since it mostly repeats whatever that you are able to read. There are better museums at Istanbul &…
u can see very nice collections of different civilizations
and the gift shop of the museum is very beutiful ..
There was so much to see, and there was also great audio commentary. The first full-size sculpture room was so beautifully exhibited. Go!!
I have been to this museum on a number of occasions and returned as I had a few hours before a bus connection. It did not fail to impress! There is an amazing collection of exquisitely carved marble statues. I particularly liked the ancient gods and goddesses. As a previous reviewer stated these are made all the better by the…
I’ve known Antalya has its own Archeology Museum like most major cities, but I also heard there is a separate Perge Museum located in Antalya. I was unable to locate a separate museum dedicated to the artifacts of Perge, and I after visiting this museum I think I received false information, because many of the artifacts on display in the…
The museum is a gem with so much history – simply breath-taking. They have a ton of statues that were excavated from archeological sites around the city including Perge. They have items going back to the Stone Age or tens of thousands of years ago. The fee is 15 TL but it is well worth it. They have a nice…
It has an amazing collection of Roman statues and a good respresentation of the local history.