MUSEUMS OF ICEL
Erdemli
Museum:
A
building was rented in 1963. It is used to store museum
objects from the surrounding region. In 1968 the objects
were moved to a more suitable building. A portion of them
were put on exhibit. At the same time ethnographic works
began to be collected from the area. The new museum building
in Erdemli is completed. The works are put on exhibit
there.
Silifke
Museum :
The
works that were collected from Silifke were stored in
two rooms that were on the ground floor of Cumhuriyet
Primary School in Silifke. Later a new museum building
was constructed and opened in 1973.
In
Silifke Museum there are almost ten thousand archaeological
and ethnographical works. Works include ceramics, statues,
metal objects and coins, glass dishes ornaments and clothes
etc. dating from the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman
periods. The ground floor of the museum contains archaeological
works. The first floor contains ethnographic works and
offices. Stone works are on exhibit in the garden. The
museum has a laboratory, a library and store rooms.
Tarsus
Museum :
In
1972 works from the sub-province of Tarsus were collected
in a repaired medrese. In this museum, there are archaeological
and ethnographic works.
Narlikuyu
Mosaic Museum:
A
Roman period mosaic that was uncovered by excavations
at Narlikuyu on the Silifke-Anamur coast road has been
left in place. A museum was built over it in 1967.
