Nigde Museum Claimed

History museum with 6 rooms where prehistoric Anatolian ruins are exhibited.

Niğde Museum has 6 exhibition halls where Central Anatolian archeology is presented in chronological order. The majority of the artifacts are findings obtained from excavations in the region.

HALL 1: Obsidian tools found in the excavations of Pınarbaşı Höyük, Köşk Höyük, Tepecik Mound and Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop, which date back to the Neolithic Age in the region, and unique artifacts, grave findings, god and goddess figurines recovered from the excavations of Köşk Höyük, an important center of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Ages. , with anthropomorphic vase, B.C. The exact construction of the “Köşk Höyük Chalcolithic House” dating back to 4883 is on display. For this reason, the hall is called the “Köşk Höyük Hall”.

II. HALL: In the first large showcase, finds belonging to miners unearthed in the excavations of Çamardı District, Celaller Village, Göltepe Mound, dating back to the Old Bronze Age (3rd Millennium BC), and the setup of the gallery entrance in the Kestel ancient tin mine located opposite the mound are exhibited. . Also, artifacts brought from Acemhöyük excavations and Ulukışla, Darboğaz Town are also in this showcase. In the second largest showcase; Palace findings unearthed during the excavation of Acemhöyük (Puruşhanda), an important center of the Assyrian Trade Colonies Age, are exhibited.

III. HALL: “Late Hittite-Phrygian Hall” (1st Millennium BC) Storm and fertility god stelae belonging to the Nahita and Tuvanuva kingdoms, one of the Late Hittite city states that emerged in Anatolia after the collapse of the Hittite Empire, inscriptions written in Hittite Hieroglyphs, Kaynarca Tumulus findings, Phrygian period ceramics and the “Göllüdağ Lion” are exhibited.

IV. HALL: Dedicated to finds from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods. In one part of the hall, there are the findings obtained during the excavations of Tepebağları, Porsuk Höyük and Acemhöyük within the provincial borders, as well as terracotta and glass works obtained through purchase and forced purchase, seal prints, Roman Period Figurines and Byzantine Period works. In the other part of the hall, there are artifacts unearthed in Tyana and dated back to A.D. II. YY. Sculptures and funerary stelae dating back to the Roman Imperial Period are exhibited.

HALL V: Coins and mummies are exhibited.
A-Coin Section: Coin minting technique and general definitions are introduced in two panels. In chronological order, coins from the Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic-Ottoman periods, the silver hoard from the Seljuks and the Tepebağları hoard from the Kingdom of Cappadocia are placed in 6 large wall showcases. gets. 
B-Mummy Section: The “Nun Mummy” (10th century) found in Aksaray Ihlara Valley and 4 baby mummies unearthed from Çanlı Church (13th century) are exhibited.

VI. HALL: “Hall of Ethnographic Works”: In the hall where the ethnographic culture of the region, which is about to disappear, is introduced, weapons, manuscripts, writing sets, lighting tools, carpets, rugs, finials, jewelry and works from the Ilkhanid Period, as well as a tray belonging to the Qajar Turks, are exhibited. An oriental corner has also been created in the living room.