Muğla Museum

Museum in Muğla, Turkey

Muğla Museum

Muğla Müzesi

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Location within Turkey

Established| 1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Location| Müştak Bey caddesi
Coordinates| 37°13′02″N 28°22′05″E﻿ / ﻿37.21722°N 28.36806°E﻿ / 37.21722; 28.36806
Type| Natural history, Archaeology, Ethnography
Collections| 5460
Owner| Ministry of Culture

Muğla Museum is a museum in Muğla, Turkey. It is a general purpose museum combining natural history, archaeology and ethnography. The museum building, which is located on Müştak Bey street,[1] is the former prison of Muğla city. The building was restored and opened as a museum in 1994. [2]

One section of the museum exhibits the fossils of animals that lived 5-9 million years ago (i.e., Turolian period) from Kaklıcatepe, a hill close to Muğla. Another section focuses on archaeology; finds from excavations in Stratonicea excavations are exhibited in this area. There is also a skeleton of a gladiator.[3] In ethnography section clothes and everyday tools from Muğla area are exhibited.[2] There are 5460 items in the museum.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Cultural Property page. www.kulturvarliklari.gov.tr. (in Turkish)
2. ^ a b Muğla Culture Tourism page. dosim.kulturturizm.gov.tr. (in Turkish)
3. ^ Milliyet newspaper. blog.milliyet.com.tr. (in Turkish)

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