Nevşehir_Museum

Nevşehir Museum

Nevşehir Museum

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Nevşehir Museum (Turkish: Nevşehir Müzesi) is in Nevşehir, Turkey

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Nevşehir is the provincial center in the region which is the Capadocia of the antiquity and known for its fairy chimneys. The museum at 38°37′41″N 34°43′30″E is on Türbe Street in 350 Evler neighborhood of Nevşehir.[2]

The former museum of Nevşehir was in a historical building which served from 1967 to 1987 when a new building was opened as a museum.

In the museum there are two halls one for the archaeology and one for the ethnography.[3] In archaeology section items of Neolithic, Chalcolithic Bronz, Phrygia, Urartu, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine ages are exhibited. There are also some items from Iran, Mesopotamia and Cyprus [1] In ethnography section illumination tools, hand written books, weapons, local clothes hand works, ornaments, kitchen tools are displayed.

References

  1. [1]
    Cultural property page (in Turkish)
  2. [2]
    Nevşehir map
  3. [3]
    Ministry of Culture Nevşehir branch page(in Turkish)
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