Museums of Eskisehir !

Eskisehir first museum was established in 1945 as a depot in Alaeddin Mosque. Later it was moved to the madrasa and the boys school in the premises of the mosque Kursunlu. Since the building is not suitable for the exhibition of the works, a new building was built in Akarbasi in Eskisehir. It was opened to the public in 1974.

View of Eskisehir Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum:

In the display cases in the first section of Eskisehir Archaeological Museum are plant and animal fossils from the region of Eskisehir. In the second section of prehistoric plants, including stoneware pottery, idols, stone and bone objects from the Calcolithic be issued to the Hittite period. A separate group of exhibits include works from the Hittite to the late Byzantine period. In this section, are the courts in various forms, figures, statues, stelae, metal and glass objects. The walls of the room are decorated with mosaics of Late Antiquity in excavations in Sartioyuk (Doryleum) found.

There is also a collection of coins from the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. In the courtyard of the Museum inscriptions, stelae, sarcophagi, capitals and blocks, etc. from the Roman and Byzantine periods.

Eskisehir Archaeological Museum was designed as an educational museum. It contains examples of the archaeological wealth of the region. There are administrative offices, a laboratory, workshop and depots in the museum building.

Eskisehir Ethnographic Museum (Ottoman House):

With the aim of preserving one of the most interesting examples of Ottoman civil architecture in Eskisehir, Yesil Efendi was a house in the middle of the nineteenth century built. It was purchased by the state and restored. The ceilings and cabinets offer fine examples of wood carving. In the house there are ethnographic works issued from the region of Eskisehir.

Eskisehir - Ataturk Cultural and Museum:

The building that originally housed the Court of Appeal and Adalet Primary School in Eskisehir, was shot in the Atatürk and Culture Museum in 1970.

The first section of the museum is reserved for objects of Ataturk. This keeps the memory of the 16 occasions when he visited Eskisehir 1920 to 1938. In the room are clothes Atatürk Atatürk, table service and walking sticks used by him and carried photopraphs and documents about his visits to Eskisehir. In the other two rooms are ethnographic works from the region of Eskisehir. These clothes, embroidery, jewelry, weapons, etc. are

Eskisehir - Image Gallery and Sculpture:

The Eskisehir Picture and Sculpture Gallery is in the soup kitchen building in the grounds of the mosque housed Kursunlu. It was built during the Ottoman period. In the gallery are permanent and changing exhibitions of paintings and sculptures by artists of Turkish. The museum also teaching art studies.

Yunus Emre Museum:

The Yunus Emre Yunus Emre Village Museum is in the sub-province of Eskisehir Mihaliocik removed. It opened in 1971. There is also a mausoleum in memory of the great Turkish poet Yunus Emre.

The museum contains a collection of lyrical poems of the poet, his pictures and documents and books about him.

Seyitgazi Museum:

Seyitgazi Museum is in the soup kitchen and the school in the Seyit Battalgazi Kulliye in Eskisehir. It was opened in 1970.

The Seyid Battal Gazi Kulliye was built in the Seljuk period, in memory of the legendary Turkish heroes and bandits, Battal Gazi Saiyid. The museum was enlarged during the Ottoman period and is important as both a memorial and museum. The museum contains both archaeological and ethnographic works Seyitgazi found in the region. Among the archaeological works are courts, clay sarcophagi and figures, busts and statues, glass objects and blocks from the Phrygian and Roman periods. Among the ethnographic works of embroidery, standards, objects that are used by dervishes, pieces of carpets and kilims, inscriptions, candlesticks, jewelry, dishes, etc. There is also the grave of Battal Gazi Saiyid visit.

Pessinus and Yazilikaya:

There are two open-air museum in the province of Eskisehir: One at the point of Pessinus, a Phrygian city, where the ruins of the temple of Cybele found. It is in the village 15 km south of Ballıhisar Sivrihisar. The other side is the Yazilikaya. It was the site of the remains of a Phrygian city period known as the city of Midas. It is located near Cifteler in Eskisehir province.