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GAZİANTEP
MUSEUMS
Gaziantep province is geographically on
and at the crossing point of the cultural,
military and commercial roads between Syria,
Anatolia and east - west. In Gaziantep province,
which has seen many various cultures in
the history, there are more than 250 tumulus.
One of the most ancient findings of Anatolia
is the stone tools found in Dülük cave.
The history of these tools go back to 600
thousand years ago, to the Paleolithic Period.
The region has the traces of Hurri, Hittite,
Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic
Civilizations. More than 30 archeological
excavations have been made in the region.
Gaziantep Museum owes most of its opuses
to these excavations. There are more than
65 thousand works in the museum.
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The museums connected
to Gaziantep Museum Directorate are:
Archeology Museum, Ethnography Museum
and Yesemek Open Air Museum in İslahiye
District. Furthermore, there are 693
immovable cultural assets and 221
site areas in single building basis
under the control of Museum Directorate.
Gaziantep Museum, the core of which
was formed in 1944 by gathering some
works collected from the surrounding,
by Sabahat Göğüş, first provided its
service in Nuri Mehmet Pasha Mosque
and has moved to the present building
in 1969. Because of the potential
of the region, which is very rich
in terms of archeology, the need for
the enlargement of the museum has
occurred. The works for the additional
hall, started in 1976, still continues.
In the present building, there are
5 halls.
In Gaziantep Museum, trials that can
be called as renovations have been
made in terms of exhibition in order
to save the museum from the appearance
of a history warehouse and to have
the audience's sympathy.
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