Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

О месте

Archaeology museum in Ulus, below Ankara Castle, housed in two Ottoman buildings, the Mahmutpaşa covered bazaar and the Kurşunlu Han. Its origins go back to 1921; restoration of the buildings began in 1938 and was completed in 1968. The collection shows Anatolian finds from the Palaeolithic to the Classical period in chronological order. It was named European Museum of the Year in 1997.