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Milas
Museum
Milas Museum has been formed
for the first time in 1983 with
the approval of the Ministry,
by gathering the opuses transferred
from Bodrum Museum and the opuses
obtained from the excavations
in the district borders and
has been opened for visitors
in 1987. The Museum Directorate
is in Milas Culture Center building.
The Culture Center is built
in a garden having a total surface
area of 1556 m2 and the area
of the building is approximately
400 m2. At the entrance floor
of the building, the museum
exhibition hall and administrative
units are located.
In the basement, there are material
depots, the opus depot of the
Museum Directorate, photography
room and laboratory. The garden
is used as the open exhibition
area of the museum. The movable
culture values found in the
archaic residence areas in Milas
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District
Center and its surroundings
are exhibited in the garden.
The golden opuses found
in Stratonikeia excavations,
cooked earth candle samples
found in İasos excavations,
the opuses found in the
rescue excavations in
and around Milas, marble
sculptures, marble sculpture
heads and other opuses
purchased from the citizens
are exhibited in a chronological
sequence in the 11 showcases
in the museum exhibition
hall. As of June 1998,
a total of 3737 inventory
opuses in Milas Museum,
2615 of which are archeologic,
75 of which are ethnographic
and 1047 of which are
coins.
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