Museum exhibits | |
| Established | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Location | İstasyon Cad. Ereğli, Konya |
| Coordinates | 37°30′57″N34°02′50″E / 37.51583°N 34.04730°E /37.51583; 34.04730 |
| Type | Archaeology,ethnography |
| Website | [1] |
Konya Ereğli Museum (Turkish:Konya Ereğli Müzesi) is anarchaeological andethnographic museum inEreğli district ofKonya Province,Turkey. Situated in the İstasyon cad (main street of the city), it is operated by theMinistry of Culture and Tourism.
This sectiondoes notcite anysources. Please helpimprove this section byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged andremoved. Find sources: "Konya Ereğli Museum" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(November 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
The museum was established as a subunit of theKonya Archaeological Museum in 1967. In 1978, it was moved to its own building and was reestablished as an independent museum. In 2005, the museum underwent a reorganization.
The museum exhibits items from theNeolithic age to the Republican period of Turkey. It consists of two sections, namely for archaeology and for ethnography.
In the first exhibition hall, there are fivedisplay cases featuring stoneware, obsidian ornaments of theNeolithic,Hittite andPhrygia era, goldendiadems, figurines, candles, parts of steles fromHellenistic andRoman times, variousByzantine artifacts such as glassware, bracelets found in the excavations at the nearby historic underground city of Oymalı, Roman coins classified afteremperors, as well as part of amammoth tusk found in a sanctuary at the nearby Zengen village.[1]
In the second hall, there are two display cases exhibiting items related to theOttoman and modern Turkish periods.[citation needed]
There are also several large items outside the display cases. There are a total of 8,367 items in the museum.[2]