Kırşehir Museum is a museum in
Kırşehir
Kırşehir, formerly Mocissus ( grc, Μωκισσός) and Justinianopolis (Ἰουστινιανούπολις), is a city in Turkey. It is the capital district of the Kırşehir Province. According to the 2000 census, the population of the distri ...
,
Turkey. The museum is on Ahi Evran street in Kırşehir.
In 1936 a mosque was used to keep the ethnographical items. But the museum was not established until 1997.
Kaman-Kalehöyük
Kaman-Kalehöyük is a multi-period archaeological site in Kırşehir Province, Turkey, around 100 km south east of Ankara, 6 km east of the town center of Kaman. It is a tell or mound site that was occupied during the Bronze Age, Iron ...
excavations was instrumental in establishing the museum.
The museum was rebuilt in 2008 with the economic and cultural cooperation of Turkish and Japanese governments. It was formally opened to public on 10 July 2010, and it preserves and displays the many artifacts from the archaeological excavations at Kaman-Kalehöyük.
The two storey
museum building is a part of Kırşehir Culture complex which was previously used as an art gallery. There are two exhibition halls and one stock room.
The artifacts in the museum span from early
Copper Age
The Copper Age, also called the Chalcolithic (; from grc-gre, χαλκός ''khalkós'', "copper" and ''líthos'', "stone") or (A)eneolithic (from Latin '' aeneus'' "of copper"), is an archaeological period characterized by regular ...
to present age. The archaeologic items and coins are exhibited in the ground floor. The ethnographic items are exhibited in the upper floor. Among the ethnographical items a special section is reserved for
Ahi Evren
Sheikh Pir Nasiruddin Abul Hakayik Pir Mahmud bin Ahmed Ahi Evran bin Abbas Veli al-Khoyi (1169–1261), commonly known as Ahi Evran or Pir Ahi Evren-ı Veli, was a Turkic Alevi Sufi saint, preacher, philosopher, poet, and the leader of the ...
of Kırşehir, a Muslim preacher who was known as the founder of
Ahis fraternity in the 13th century.
In the museum, the artifacts from Kalehöyük, Yassıhöyük and Büklükale excavations are exhibited. These excavations were carried out by archeologists of the Japanese-Anatolian Archeology Institute. As a result, the museum collection has now reached around 5,000 items.
The world's oldest ironware was excavated at Kaman-Kalehöyük, and the evidence is presented at the museum. Also recently, what may be the oldest glass in the world has been found at Kaman. This glass is estimated to be 3600-year-old
600 BC
See also
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Tomb of Ahi Evren
References
External links
Kırşehir Kaman Kalehöyük Archaeological Museumturkishmuseums.com
* 23 May 2022
Japan International Cooperation Agency
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Buildings and structures in Kırşehir Province
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Tourist attractions in Kırşehir Province
Museums established in 1997