Muğla Museum

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]

Muğla Museum

Muğla Müzesi
From ethnography section
Location within Turkey
Established	1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Location	Müştak Bey caddesi
Coordinates	37°13′02″N 28°22′05″E
Type	Natural history, Archaeology, Ethnography
Collections	5460
Owner	Ministry of Culture

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

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