Hatay Archeology Museum has been serving visitors since 2014 in its new building equipped with all the equipment of contemporary museology. The museum contains many important works from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods, and since the total area of the mosaics exhibited is 3250 m2, it is also titled as the museum where the largest mosaics in the world are exhibited. has had.
It has become one of the most important mosaic museums in the world, thanks to the fascination, size, number and quality of its mosaic collection, which is detailed and worked with uniquely colored stones. It also has a large and world-wide collection of coins that were minted in the Antakya mint, covering all periods from the earliest periods.
A part of the rich mosaic collection, discovered through research at Princeton University between 1932 and 1939, is distributed in approximately 20 museums and private collections around the world.
The rich collection of the museum; It consists of artifacts from the excavations carried out in the districts of Antakya, İskenderun, Daphne (Harbiye), Tell Atçana, Tell Tayinat, Samandağ (Seleukeia Pieria), Erzin (Epiphaneia), Dörtyol, Altınözü, Kırıkhan and Hassa. Architectural and other findings, most of which date back to the Roman period, show the magnificence of the region.
Hatay Archeology Museum, which has gained worldwide fame with its mosaics, survived the earthquake and the works it housed were not damaged. The museum, where renovations are ongoing, is planned to reopen to visitors in 2024.
The Archeology Museum ranks 2nd in the world in terms of mosaic collection and 3rd in the world in terms of coin collection. Approximately 36,691 works are exhibited in the museum.20
It bears the title of Turkey's largest mosaic museum. Hatay Archeology Museum covers an area of 3250 m2. It also has the distinction of being a museum where the world's largest mosaics are exhibited. The museum contains artifacts from a huge period of time, from the Paleolithic Age to the Ottoman Period.21
"There is no loss of any artifacts or destruction of any artifacts." İnceciköz stated that restorations are continuing in Hatay Archeology Museum and Hatay City Museum and that they are about to complete the ground reinforcement.
Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaic Museum is considered among the most important museums in the world with a usable area of approximately 30 thousand square meters. Turkey, the apple of the eye of art historians and archaeologists, as well as history and culture enthusiasts, has a richness that alone can be a reason to visit.
The museum building was completed in 1938, and a year later Hatay became a province of the Republic of Turkey. The museum was opened on July 23, 1948. In 1975, the museum went through another revision. The Hatay Archeology Museum collection was exhibited in eight exhibition halls and gardens.
During the studies carried out in the Ancient City of Zeugma, where the world's largest mosaics are located, hundreds of works were found, such as the "Gypsy girl" mosaic, the "Mars statue", fountains from the Roman period, baths and mosaics found in villas on the banks of the Euphrates River.
Archeology museum is a type of museum where historical artifacts unearthed by archaeological methods are exhibited. The items exhibited in archaeological museums mostly consist of terracotta materials such as vessels, pots, jugs, bronze and items obtained from various mines.
Museum card is valid. There may be a ticket queue at the entrance. If you have a museum card, do not get in that line. Go directly to the turnstile.
Mosaic works are abundant in the museum. You will be greeted by many works made of stone, bone, soil, metal, glass and marble. The museum has a very organized and understandable design.
The artifacts unearthed during the excavations carried out both in Hatay city center and around it are exhibited in the Hatay archaeological museum.
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The second largest archaeological museum in the world. One of the most important places to visit in Hatay. If you want to get lost in time
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