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MUĞLA
MUSEUM
Muğla Museum is in the old
prison building that is behind
the courthouse. At the end of
1992, as the result of the excavations
made in Özlüce Village Kaklıcatepe,
many animal and plant fossils
have been found. With the start
of the exhibition of these fossils
in 1994, the museum has been
opened for visit.The fossils
being exhibited in Muğla Museum
belongs to the living creatures
that lived 5 - 9 million years
before.
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These creatures have lived
on a wide area from Eastern
Asia to Spain. The fossils
of the creatures of this
period have been found in
Tervel Basin of Spain, therefore
this period is called as
Turolian. |
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In the excavations, fossils
of giraffe family, horned
creatures, rhinoceros family,
hosed mammals, pig family,
horse family and carnivorous
and many kind of plants.
A part of these fossils
are exhibited in the natural
history part of the museum.
Another part open for visit
in Muğla Museum is the ethnography
section. Clothes and daily
use tools from various parts
of Muğla are being exhibited
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Open hours to visit: 8.30 - 18.00
Open days to visit:
Everyday except Sundays |
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