Gaziantep Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum, located close to the centre of Gaziantep, which has a history of thousands of years, is one of the most prominent cultural attractions in the city. The Archaeological Museum welcomes its visitors with a large collection. In this context, as well as the pieces recovered from archaeological excavations, many archaeological finds added to the collection by purchase are also available to visitors. The contents of the museum begin with the section where the remains of the Lower Paleolithic period dating back are displayed, and end with Republican period artifacts. In the museum, important turning points in the city's historical journey are expressed through visual narration. In addition, it is possible to see the skeleton of the extinct Marash elephant in the Archaeological Museum, where the fossils are also found. The museum is dominated by the remains from the Chalcolithic and old Bronze Age periods and influences its visitors with the mystical elements in its modern design and lighting. Stamps, seals, jewelry, sculptures and Roman tomb steles are among the most notable works in the museum trip, which continues to emphasis on the historical development of Anatolia. There is also an opportunity to examine some of the remains unearthed from the excavations of the ancient city of Zeugma. The Archaeological Museum, which is open to visitors every period of the year without exception, is one of the landmarks of Gaziantep with the meticulousness of its works, architecture and design, unless visiting times change one or two hours depending on the length of the days in summer and winter are taken into consideration.