Çanakkale Archaeological Museum ( tr, Çanakkele Arkeoloji Müzesi) was a museum in
Çanakkale, Turkey. Its contents have been moved to the 2018-established
Troy Museum
The Troy Museum ( tr, Troya Müzesi or ''Truva Müzesi'') is an archaeological museum located close to the archaeological site of the ancient city of Troy, in northwestern Turkey.
Opened in 2018, it exhibits in seven sections of a contemporary ...
( tr, Troya Müzesi or ''Truva Müzesi''), close to the excavation site of the
ancient Greek city of
Troy. The museum site is now home to the Mehmet Akif Ersoy Provincial Public Library.
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
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.
In 1960, an abandoned church was opened as a museum. In 1984, the museum moved to 100. yıl street of the city at .
A minibus, starting at the Minibus station at the bridge over the Çanakkale Çay bridge of the Atatürk Caddesi, provides a regular service to Troy and the new museum.
The following text was found to be correct for the Troy Museum: 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
Alexandria Troas ("Alexandria of the Troad"; el, Αλεξάνδρεια Τρωάς; tr, Eski Stambul) is the site of an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, the area known historically a ...
. Some of the items are marble sculptures,
stele
A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ''stelæ''), whe ...
s, illumination gadgets, terracota and bronze kitchenware, glassware and ornaments. A colored sarcophagus from the
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest em ...
and
Polyxena sarcophagus are among the notable items.
Çanakkale page (Outdated)
/ref> There are also some ethnographic items.
See also
*Troy Museum
The Troy Museum ( tr, Troya Müzesi or ''Truva Müzesi'') is an archaeological museum located close to the archaeological site of the ancient city of Troy, in northwestern Turkey.
Opened in 2018, it exhibits in seven sections of a contemporary ...
Gallery
File:HadrianCanakkale1.jpg, Statue of Hadrian
Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...
File:Altıkulaç_Sarcophagus_hunting_scene_(hunter_detail_with_tiara).jpg, Altıkulaç Sarcophagus
The Altıkulaç Sarcophagus, or Çan sarcophagus, is an early 4th century BCE (400-375 BCE) sarcophagus. It is sometimes said to be in the Greco-Persian art, Greco-Persian style. The sarcophagus was found in 1998 in a circular corbel-vaulted tomb ...
, early 4th century BCE.
File:Altıkulaç_Sarcophagus_Now_in_Troy_Museum_8091.jpg, Altıkulaç Sarcophagus
The Altıkulaç Sarcophagus, or Çan sarcophagus, is an early 4th century BCE (400-375 BCE) sarcophagus. It is sometimes said to be in the Greco-Persian art, Greco-Persian style. The sarcophagus was found in 1998 in a circular corbel-vaulted tomb ...
, early 4th century BCE.
File:Polyxena_side_0057.jpg, Polyxena Sarcophagus
File:Polyxena_side_0059,_the_actual_kill.jpg, Polyxena Sarcophagus
File:Polyxena_Sarcophagus_Now_in_Troy_Museum_7938.jpg, Polyxena Sarcophagus
File:Hoplites_on_the_Polyxena_sarcophagus.jpg, Polyxena Sarcophagus
File:Late Hellenistic nude Aphrodite with snakes entwined around her left arm and left leg (symbol of Asklepios), found in the Tumulus of Dardanos, 2nd century B.C., Canakkale Archaeological Museum, Troy (Ilion), Turkey (7446302400).jpg, Statue of Aphrodite with snakes
References
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Buildings and structures in Çanakkale Province
Archaeological museums in Turkey
1984 establishments in Turkey
Museums established in 1984
Tourist attractions in Çanakkale Province
Defunct museums in Turkey