Ödemiş Museum
| Ödemiş Müzesi | |
  Ödemiş Museum | |
| Established | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 38°13′41″N 27°59′21″E / 38.22806°N 27.98917°E |
| Type | Ethnography, Archaeology, |
| Collections | Bronze age,Classical age, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire |
| Owner | Ministry of Culture and Tourism |
Ödemiş Museum is a museum in Ödemiş ilçe (district) of İzmir Province, Turkey. It is on Turkish state highway 310 situated slightly to the east of the centre at 38°13′41″N 27°59′21″E / 38.22806°N 27.98917°E.
History
The building land was consecrated by a private collector named Mutahhar Bağoğlu. The museum was opened in 1983. Before the museum was established all items from Ödemiş which were worthy of a museum were kept in Tire and İzmir Archaeology Museums. These items were brought to Ödemiş and Bağolu gave his own collection to the museum.
The building and the exhibition
The museum is a tent shaped building with a basement and the ground floor. There is only one hall for the exhibitions. Although majority of the items are ethnographic in nature there are also archaeological items from the late Bronze Age, classical age and the Byzantine Empire age. Among these there are ceramics, cult figures, oil lamps, cutters, axes, ornaments, earthenware objects, figurines, sculpturs, bronze and glass objects.In the ethnography section there are objects from the Ottoman Empire age such as copper and silver objects, weapons, clothes and embroidery . There are also 2545 coins from various ages. The total number of exhibits is 4458.[1]
