Culture and art / Museum
Samsun Museum
İlkadım, Samsun
The largest museum in the Black Sea Region, with the Amisos mosaic and Amisos Treasure; archaeology and ethnography in its new wave-shaped building.
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Its story
Samsun Museum operates in its new building, which replaced the Archaeology and Ethnography Museum opened in 1981. More than 7,000 artifacts are displayed in the building of about 15,000 square meters, whose architecture is inspired by Black Sea waves. The stars of the collection are a mosaic from the ancient city of Amisos, a bronze athlete statue and the Amisos Treasure of Hellenistic gold jewelry. Besides halls spanning the Classical age to the Ottoman period, there are an ethnography section, a children's museum and a library.
Key facts
- Area
- About 15,000 m²
- Highlights
- Amisos Mosaic, Amisos Treasure
- Visit duration
- 1.5–2 hours
- Artifacts on display
- 7,165
Trip purpose
- Accessible
- Rainy day
- Traveling with kids
Location
41.30685, 36.33428
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://samsun.ktb.gov.tr/TR-216751/samsun-muzesi.html | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1340524257 | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6042955