Modest museum and garden with ancient pottery, coins, statues and mosaics.
Adıyaman Museum has been providing service in a single-story building in the city center since 1982. The museum has three collections: archaeological, ethnographic and coin. Numerous works of the Commagene Kingdom (163 BC – 72 AD) are exhibited in the museum.
The museum differs from other museums with this feature. The head of Antiochus I (69-40 BC), the most important ruler of the Kingdom of Commagene, was unearthed during the Samsat excavation in 1983 and is one of the most important works of the archaeology department of the museum.
Another unique work is the cult statue found in Kilisik Hamlet, Çıralık Village, Kâhta District in 1970. Dating back to 7500-7000 BC, the statue draws attention with its similarity to the statues in Göbekli Tepe, Şanlıurfa.
In the museum, flint hand axes, scrapers and cutting tools from the Paleolithic Period, flint and obsidian arrowheads from the Neolithic Period, various terracotta vessels from the Chalcolithic Period, bronze spearheads and similar artifacts from the Bronze Age, hieroglyphic inscriptions from the Iron Age, various kitchen vessels and ornaments, sculptures, mosaics, inscriptions and various vessels from the Hellenistic Period, sculptures, inscriptions, mosaics, oil lamps, fragrance bottles, various vessels and ornaments from the Roman Period, various vessels and ornaments from the East Roman Period, glazed vessels, glass works and ornaments from the Islamic and especially the Seljuk Period, various artifacts from the Ottoman Period and many gold, silver and bronze coin samples are exhibited.
In the ethnographic works hall, hand-woven items such as local carpets, kilims and cicim, women’s and men’s clothing, silver jewelry and copper kitchenware are exhibited.
The museum building is a single-storey building built on a basement floor with a large garden, located in the most beautiful part of the city centre.
The works are exhibited in two large halls, a connecting hall and an inner garden. The museum has become the richest museum in the region with the works brought to the museum through purchases and other means, as a result of the years of local and foreign excavations carried out in the Lower Euphrates Region.
In the museum, hand axes, drills and cutters from the Paleolithic Period; terracotta vessels from the Chalcolithic Period, ornaments from the Bronze Age; ceramic vessels from the Roman and Islamic Periods are exhibited. Also, seals from various periods, women's and men's jewelry, human and animal figurines, mosaics, gold, silver and bronze coins; ethnographic works from the region are exhibited.
Adıyaman Museum is a museum established in Adıyaman, exhibiting 22,000 works. It is located in the city center, on Atatürk Boulevard.
The museum began its work in 1978 and moved to its current modern building in 1982. The museum is divided into two sections where archaeological and ethnographic works are exhibited.
I can say it is a mini museum. I don't think they have many works to exhibit. 10 minutes is enough for a visit. No museum card required.
A small museum located in the center of Adıyaman. It can be among the places to see. Entry is free. Inside there are fossil remains and coin samples from the Roman and Hellenistic periods. A miniature of Mount Nemrut has been made. There are also small statuettes.
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