Information about the Museum

    The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations was opened on 1 October 1921 upon Atatürk's request. It is located in Ulus. 

     The museum building consists of 2 Ottoman structures.

In 1997, it was chosen as the museum of the year in Europe. 

In the first years it was known as Eti Museum because it was founded as a Hittite museum. A few years later it began to exhibit ancient ruins of all Anatolian civilizations. As a result of this, it's name became the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Now it is the most comprehensive Anatolian civilizations museum in the world. 

In the museum, Anatolian archaeological artifacts are exhibited in chronological order, starting from the Paleolithic Age to the present day. In the picture above, you can see the oldest known map of the world, which includes the Çatalhöyük city plan. The map dates back to 6200 BC. 

Photos from Museum

  

 The Hall of Stone Works

Unique stones from Hittite and late Hittite periods

Upper hall

Ground hall

Vases

The most popular piece 

                                  

Vase from the Phrygian period

Our Experience 

We met in front of the museum .We paid 30 TL for the entrance fee per person.The garden at the entrance of the museum was very beautiful for a museum and the statues caught our attention.We walked around the garden a bit and examined the statues.Some of the statues were broken, but they were still very beautiful. 

Inside the museum, there were many artifacts from ancient civilizations and information is written below all works. Some of the artifacts were so beautiful that we wondered how they made it with the technology of that time. 

Recommendations

The Anatolian Civilizations Museum is also known as the Hittite Museum. If you are interested in Hittite history and artifacts, I definitely recommend you to go to this museum.

It is a good option for families with children to have a pleasant and educational time at the weekend because the museum has a beautiful garden and sitting benches.

One of the best things about this museum is that they separate the section of historical artifacts.

This museum has seven separate sections. These are Frig section, Stone artifacts hall, Ancient Bronz Age section, Hittite section, Mixed Stone artifacts section, Classical Periods Department and  Ankara section. 

You can see dozens of historical artifacts in the museum and in the garden. You feel the history and feel like you are living in ancient times.