Culture and art / Museum
Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Şehitkamil, Gaziantep
One of the world's foremost mosaic museums, displaying mosaics from the ancient city of Zeugma, including the famous 'Gypsy Girl', in an exhibition of about 1,700 m².
Its story
The museum opened on 9 September 2011 on the site of a former Tekel (state monopoly) factory; when it opened, it held the title of the world's largest mosaic museum. Most of the mosaics were removed from Zeugma's Roman villas in emergency rescue excavations carried out in 2000, before they were submerged by the waters of the Birecik Dam. The villas' rooms have been reconstructed at their original scale so that the mosaics are displayed as if in situ; scenes of Poseidon, Oceanus and Tethys, and Dionysus stand out, together with the 'Gypsy Girl', the museum's emblem. A bronze statue of Mars and fresco fragments can also be seen. The museum came through the 2023 earthquakes undamaged and reopened in April 2023.
Key facts
- Opened
- 2011
- Admission
- Paid (Müzekart valid)
- Getting there
- Mithatpaşa neighborhood, Hacı Sani Konukoğlu Boulevard
- Visit duration
- 1.5–2 hours
Trip purpose
- Accessible
- Rainy day
- Traveling with kids
Location
37.07562, 37.38590
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma_Mozaik_Müzesi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeugma_Mosaic_Museum | https://muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=GZN01&DistId=GZN | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/322631331