Culture and art / Museum
Ahlat Museum
Ahlat, Bitlis
A museum displaying archaeological finds from Ahlat and its surroundings from the Chalcolithic to the Ottoman period, examples of Seljuk gravestones and the memory of the city.
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Its story
Ahlat's first museum opened in 1971 next to the Seljuk Cemetery and, when it became inadequate over time, moved to its new building; the new building opened with a ceremony in 2018. The archaeology hall presents artifacts in chronological order, from the Chalcolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages and the Urartian, Hellenistic, Roman and Eastern Roman periods to the Seljuk and Ottoman periods. The urban memory section has information panels about the states that ruled in Ahlat, the Battle of Malazgirt (Manzikert) and the Seljuk Meydan Cemetery; the foyer and garden have ram-shaped gravestones from the Akkoyunlu period and examples of headstones (şahide). Stopping by before touring the cemetery makes it easier to understand the stones' decoration and periods.
Key facts
- Admission
- Paid
- Established
- 1971 (new building 2018)
- Getting there
- Ahlat, south of the Seljuk Meydan Cemetery
- Visit duration
- 45 minutes–1 hour
Trip purpose
- Accessible
- Rainy day
- Traveling with kids
Location
38.73899, 42.45450
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlat_M%C3%BCzesi | https://turkishmuseums.kprod.kultur.gov.tr/museum/detail/2002-bitlis-ahlat-museum/2002/4 | https://kureansiklopedi.com/tr/detay/ahlat-muzesi-9f37c | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/719294260