Nevşehir Museum (Turkish: Nevşehir Müzesi) is in Nevşehir, Turkey

Nevşehir Museum
Nevşehir Müzesi
Nevşehir Museum is located in Turkey
Nevşehir Museum
Nevşehir Museum
Established1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Location350 evler, Nevşehir, Turkey
Coordinates38°37′41″N 34°43′30″E / 38.62806°N 34.72500°E / 38.62806; 34.72500
TypeArchaeology, Ethnography
CollectionsNeolithic, Chalcolithic Bronz, Phrygia, Urartu, Hellenistic, Roman Byzantine, Ottoman
Collection size6942 archaeologic and ethnographic+8795 coins[1]
OwnerMinistry of Culture and Tourism

Nevşehir is the provincial center in the region which is the Capadocia of the antiquity and known for its fairy chimneys. The museum at 38°37′41″N 34°43′30″E / 38.62806°N 34.72500°E / 38.62806; 34.72500 is on Türbe Street in 350 Evler neighborhood of Nevşehir.[2]

The former museum of Nevşehir was in a historical building which served from 1967 to 1987 when a new building was opened as a museum.

In the museum there are two halls one for the archaeology and one for the ethnography.[3] In archaeology section items of Neolithic, Chalcolithic Bronz, Phrygia, Urartu, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine ages are exhibited. There are also some items from Iran, Mesopotamia and Cyprus [1] In ethnography section illumination tools, hand written books, weapons, local clothes hand works, ornaments, kitchen tools are displayed.

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