Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum ( tr, Ali Demirsoy Doğa Tarihi Müzesi) is a museum in

Kemaliye Kemaliye (formerly Eğin) ( hy, Ակն, Romanized Old Armenian: ''Akn'', meaning "spring") is both a town in and one of the nine districts of Erzincan Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The town is known for its historic architect ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

. The museum is in the campus of Hacı Ali Akın Multi-Program Highschool in Kemaliye

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(district), of

Erzincan Province Erzincan Province ( tr, ; ku, Parezgêha Erzînganê) is a province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. In Turkey, its capital is also called Erzincan. The population was 236,034 in 2018. Geography Erzincan is traversed by the northeaste ...

. Its founder is Professor Ali Demirsoy of

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University is a leading state university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by URAP in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus is in the old t ...

. It is supported by Tubitak (

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey The Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, TÜBİTAK) is a national agency of Turkey whose stated goal is to develop "science, technology and innovation" (STI) policies ...

Exhibited items

Exhibited items are the following:Erzincan University page
/ref> * Various minerals and rocks * Gastropoda,

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and

echinodermata An echinoderm () is any member of the phylum Echinodermata (). The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the s ...

from Kemaliye area * Single cell plants and animals (shown under microscope) * Lichens, the earliest living forms on soil * Algae from Kemaliye area * Some invertebrates in formaldehyde and alcohol * Herbarium and insects on panels * Fishes in formaldehyde and alcohol * Amphibians in Formaldehyde and alcohol * Venomous snakes and other reptiles in formaldehyde and alcohol * Birds in formaldehyde and alcohol * Examples of stuffed mammalia such as bear, wolf, wildcat, marten, mountain goat, badger, squirrel, rodents etc.native to area. * Herbarium of more than half of all plants native to Kemaliye area The number of plant fossils is about 800 and insect fossils is about 2000. One of the recent additions to the museum is the elephant skeleton from Ankara Zoo.

References

{{authority control Natural history museums in Turkey Buildings and structures in Erzincan Province Kemaliye Museums established in 2006 2006 establishments in Turkey