Çanakkale Deniz Musium, Çanakkale Merkez, Çanakkale, Turkey
Çanakkale Archaeological Museum is a museum in Çanakkale, Turkey.
Çanakkale is situated on the Anatolian side of the Dardanelles Strait. It is close to famous Troy of the antiquity. The Dardanelles campaign of World War I is known as Çanakkale Savaşı in Turkish.
In 1960, an abandoned church was opened as a museum. In 1984, the museum moved to its current building.
The main items in the exhibition halls are artifacts from various ruins around Çanakkele such as a Troia, Assos, Apollon, Smintheion, Tenedos and Alexandria Troas. Some of the items are marble sculptures, steles, illumination gadgets, terracota and bronze kitchenware, glassware and ornaments. A colored sarcophagi from the Achaemenid Empire and Polyxena sarcophagi are among the notable items.[3] There are also some ethnographic items.
Epic Turkey Culture & Adventure Route © Monika Newbound
Own or work here?