Çanakkale Archaeological Museum

Çanakkale Archaeological Museum
Çanakkale Arkeoloji Müzesi
Entrance of the museum
Location of Çanakkale Archaeological Museum in Turkey
Established	1984 (1984)
Location	100.yıl cad., Çanakkale, Turkey
Coordinates	Coordinates: 40°07′59″N 26°24′35″E / 40.13306°N 26.40972°E / 40.13306; 26.40972
Type	Archaeology
Collection size	12747 archaeologic, 15237 coins 2714 ethnographic^[1]
Owner	Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Çanakkale Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Çanakkele Arkeoloji Müzesi) is a museum in Çanakkale, Turkey.

Çanakkale is situated on the Anatolian side of the Dardanelles Strait. It is close to famous Troy of the antiquity. The Dardanelles campaign of World War I is known as Çanakkale savaşı in Turkish.

The museum is located on 100. Yıl street of the city at 40°07′59″N 26°24′35″E / 40.13306°N 26.40972°E / 40.13306; 26.40972.^[2]

In 1960, an abandoned church was opened as a museum. In 1984, the museum moved to its current building.

The main items in the exhibition halls are artifacts from various ruins around Çanakkele such as a Troia, Assos, Apollon, Smintheion, Tenedos and Alexandria Troas. Some of the items are marble sculptures, steles, illumination gadgets, terracota and bronze kitchenware, glassware and ornaments. A colored sarcophagi from the Achaemenid Empire and Polyxena sarcophagi are among the notable items.^[3] There are also some ethnographic items.

Statue of Hadrian
Statue of Aphrodite with snakes

References

Archaeological museums in Turkey

Aegean Region	Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum Aydın Archaeological Museum Bodrum Castle Bolvadin Museum Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum Ephesus Archaeological Museum Hierapolis Izmir Archeology Museum Archaeological Museum of Manisa Uşak Museum of Archaeology

Black Sea Region	Amasya Museum Bolu Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Kastamonu Archaeological Museum Konuralp Museum Samsun Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Sinop Archaeological Museum Tokat Museum Trabzon Museum

Central Anatolia Region	Çatalhöyük Eskişehir Archaeological Museum Konya Archaeological Museum Gordion Museum Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

Eastern Anatolia Region	Kars Museum

Marmara Region	Bursa Archaeological Museum Çanakkale Archaeological Museum Great Palace Mosaic Museum Istanbul Archaeology Museums Kırklareli Museum Sadberk Hanım Museum Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography

Mediterranean Region	Adana Archaeology Museum Alanya Archaeological Museum Antalya Museum Burdur Archaeological Museum Hatay Archaeology Museum Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum Mersin Museum Misis Mosaic Museum Silifke Museum Tarsus Museum

Southeastern Anatolia Region	Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Şanlıurfa Museum Zeugma Mosaic Museum

Museums in Turkey

Aegean Region

Black Sea Region

Amasra Museum Amasya Museum Baksı Museum Bolu Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Giresun Museum Hagia Sophia, Trabzon Karabük Kardemir Iron-Steel Museum Karadeniz Ereğli Museum Kastamonu Ethnography Museum Ordu Ethnographical Museum Sinop Fortress Prison Sinop Archaeological Museum Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Museum Rize Atatürk Museum Tokat Museum Trabzon Museum

Central Anatolia Region

Eastern Anatolia

Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum Kars Museum Malatya Museum

Marmara Region

Museum of Nationist Forces in Balıkesir
Bilecik Museum
Bursa Archaeological Museum
Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
Çanakkale Archaeological Museum
Edirne Museum
Gelibolu War Museum
Kırklareli Museum
Kocaeli Museum
Mudanya Armistice House
Namık Kemal House Museum
Rákóczi Museum
Sakarya Museum
SEKA Paper Museum
Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages

For museums in İstanbul see Museums in Istanbul

Mediterranean Region

Southeastern Anatolia Region

Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Kilis Museum Mardin Museum Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum

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