Tarsus Museum

Tarsus Museum is a museum in Tarsus, Mersin Province, in Turkey.

Geography

The present location of the museum is in the city's cultural complex known as "75th Year Culture Complex". The complex is in the neighborhood which is rich in historical sites like the Tarsus Grand Mosque and St. Paul's Church

Tarsus

Tarsus is a historic city which was an important settlement all through the ages. Gözlükule to the south of the city is a tumulus which was inhabited during the Neolithic age. During the Roman Empire, Saint Paul lived in Tarsus. Later, the Byzantine Empire, the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia controlled the city. During the Turkish era, Tarsus was one of the principal cities of the Ramazanoğlu dynasty and later of the Ottoman Empire.

The museum building

In 1971 the museum was established in a building which was formerly a medrese commissioned by Kubat Pasha, a 14th-century member of the Ramazanid house. In 1999, the museum was moved to its present building.^[1]

The museum

In the basement, various archaeological objects which were unearthed in the excavations in Gözlükule and in the old quarters of the city are displayed. In the exhibition hall, coinage from 6th century BCE up to Ottoman times are exhibited. The library and security rooms are in the ground floor. Ethnographic objects about Tarsus Turkmen culture are displayed in the semi floor. The laboratory and the administrative units are in the first floor.^[2]

Numbers of objects

The numbers of displayed items are as follows:^[2]

• 5186 archaeological object
• 1596 ethnographical objects
• 28176 coins
• 376 stamps
• 6 manuscripts

References

1. ↑ Ministry of Culture and Tourism page (Turkish)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tarsus governor's page(Turkish)

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