stone. The museum business starts in 1960 when a museum official was attended to the museum that was used as a depot. After the restorations and arrangements, the museum was opened to visit on June 8, 1965.
The Stone School was constructed as a collection of small mosque, tomb, khan, cultivation and fountain. The school has been made by Fahreddin Ali, son of Chief Vizier Emirdad Sahipta in 1250 in the period of 2nd Keykubat, the son of 2nd Keyhüsrev, Sultan of the Anatolian Seljuks.

Only the small mosque and tomb and school that are built together have remained whole from the collection to now. The school is planned as open-façade and with four exedras. The main door and main exedra is in the south-north direction and two exedras are made vertically. In restorations made in different times, the exedra in the south has been made a room. There are porches made with gathered material on both sides of the façade. There are five rooms on the right side of

the main door. The tomb is on the left of the entrance door. There is the script under the square-planned tomb. There are ornament belts made with enamel ware mosaic technique forming from geometric examples similar to cufic script on the skirt of the dome that only a few have remained to now. There is enamel ware in the middle of the dome.
There are many works in the museum, from the Neolithic Age to the end of 19th century that the individual needs from birth to death. The richest collection from these works is the tombstones belonging to the Seljuk and Ottoman Period. The figured tombstones from the Seljuk period have an important place in the museum. These works of art are collected from Akşehir and its surroundings. These tombstones in the museum draw attention with the calligraphy tablets.
Museum Tel: (+90-332) 351 89 58/152
Open days to visit : Everyday except Monday.