Bergama Museum

This article is about the museum in Bergama, Turkey. For the museum in Berlin, Germany, see Pergamon Museum.

Bergama Museum
Bergama Müzesi
Hadrian's sculpture in Bergama
Anamur Museum
Established	1936 (1936)
Location	Cumhuriyet Caddesi, Bergama, İzmir, Turkey
Coordinates	39°07′00″N 27°10′33″E / 39.11667°N 27.17583°E / 39.11667; 27.17583Coordinates: 39°07′00″N 27°10′33″E / 39.11667°N 27.17583°E / 39.11667; 27.17583
Type	Archaeology museum, Ethnographic museum
Collections	Hellenistic period, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire
Owner	Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Website	Anamur Museum

Bergama Museum is a museum in Bergama district of İzmir Province, Turkey.

Location

The museum is in Bergama city . It is to the south of Cumhuriyet street at 39°07′00″N 27°10′33″E / 39.11667°N 27.17583°E / 39.11667; 27.17583. Its distance to İzmir is about 110 km (68 mi).

History

Bergama (ancient Pergamon) is a historically important city. Although the most important ancient monument of Bergama, namely the Pergamon Altar had been transported to Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany in 1870,^[1] there are still enough items to be displayed in Bergama. The museum was established upon the suggestion of Marshal Fevzi Çakmak in 1932. It was opened on 30 October 1936.^[2]

Displays

Both the archaeological and ethnographical items are exhibited. The archaeological items are from the excavations around Bergama. Most notable among these are sculptures of Pergamon school, items from Pitane and Gryneion and terra-cotta from Myrina. ( These ancient settlements are between Bergama and İzmir.) In the ethnographical section the most important items are carpets and rugs from Bergama, Yuntdağ, Yağcıbekir etc.

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

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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