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Places to visit in Gaziantep list is museums.. The Gaziantep museums, which are the reflection of rich historical and cultural accumulation, have brought a different breath to the city.. I have never seen so many museums in any of the cities I have visited before.. In this sense, Gaziantep is a city of museums!
As Gaziantep museums are close to each other, you may have the chance to see three or four museums in the same day.. Only Zeugma Museum is 10 kilometers away from the old city center, I suggest you plan to spend half a day there.. For those who say Which museums are in Gaziantep, I have listed the best museums in Gaziantep.
Gaziantep Museums
Before moving on to the list of Gaziantep museums, I would like to give two important information.
- Entry to Gaziantep museums is by contactless credit card. Students, teachers, health workers, relatives of martyrs and veterans have the right to visit Gaziantep museums free.
- I recommend you to buy a Muzecard before you come to Gaziantep, In this way, you can visit Zeugma Mosaic Museum and Gaziantep Archeology Museum free of charge.
Zeugma Mosaic Museum
If you are visiting Gaziantep for a short time and you have a chance to see only one museum, it should be Zeugma Mosaic Museum.. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, which has the title of the world’s second largest mosaic museum after Hatay Archeology Museum, mainly bears traces of Roman civilization.
BC. Zeugma, which was founded by the Commagene civilization in 300 and grew rapidly after it came under the domination of the Roman Empire, was one of the largest and most vibrant cities of the period.
Mosaics, which were made as symbols of wealth and power, were buried under the ground after the destruction of the city.
Gypsy Girl Mosaic: Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Zeugma’ has a very rich mosaic collection in terms of subject and color variety. The Gypsy Girl Mosaic, which arouses admiration with its mysterious gaze, is the symbol of the. The mosaic, which was found as a result of the rescue efforts in 1998, started to be called by this name because it resembled a gypsy girl.
Gypsy Girl Mosaic is exhibited on the second floor of Zeugma Museum in a dark room to protect it from light damage.. The most interesting aspect of Gypsy Girl is that her eyes follow the one who looks at her from every direction, like Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
I suggest you spare at least two hours to visit the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, which is among the best museums in Turkey.. Every artifact in the museum is worth examining in detail.
We went to Zeugma Museum at 09:00, we visited comfortably when no one was there yet.. The crowd is increasing as tour buses start to arrive around 10:00.. After visiting the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, be sure to stop by the souvenir shop.
Zeugma Mosaic Museum Transportation:
Zeugma Mosaic Museum is located a little outside the city center. Taxi is the easiest transportation alternative.. You can go to Zeugma Museum in ten minutes by paying 20 TL, you can call a car from the taxi button in front of the museum on your way back.
Zeugma Mosaic Museum Entrance Fee & Visiting Hours
Zeugma Mosaic Museum is open to visitors every day of the week.
Visiting Hours: 08.30-19.00
Entry Fee: 40 TL. Entry is free with Müzekart.
Audio Guide: 30 TL.
Gaziantep Archeology Museum
If you want to take a pleasant journey into the history of Gaziantep, you can add Gaziantep Archeology Museum to your list. Fossils, rocks, sculptures made of limestone, jewelry, seals, and grave steles are exhibited in the museum, which has a rich collection starting from the Paleolithic era and extending to the Republican era.
Gaziantep Archeology Museum is very close to Forum Gaziantep.. You can reach the center with a pleasant 15-minute walk.. Gaziantep Archeology Museum, which you can enter for free with the Muzecard, is closed on Mondays.. On other days, it can be visited between 10:00-17:00.
Panorama 25 December Museum
Panorama 25 December Museum, Gaziantep’s newest museum, is under the enemy occupation of the city. It reveals in all details the times he was under and the difficult conditions under which he got the title of Gazi.
You start your tour of the museum with the article “Everything You Will See in the Museum is Facts Based on Documents”. After examining Gaziantep’s urban identity, which progresses chronologically from past to present, 1920 Antep map is waiting for you in the Map Area on the ground floor.
The 120-meter-long panoramic area is the most striking part of the Panorama 25 December Museum.. In the panoramic area made with oil painting technique on a special canvas, you are living the Antep war again with the sounds of it.. It reveals the occupation of Antep by the French, the heroic struggle of the people, and most importantly, the rise of a city from the ashes.
In addition to the oil paintings reflecting the difficult period, many historical documents, military clothes and belongings of Atatürk are also displayed in Panorama. Meeting with visitors at the December 25 Museum. Panorama 25 December Museum is located under Gaziantep Castle, a 10-minute walk from the center.
Panorama 25 December Museum is open to visitors every day of the week between 08.30-17.30. The entrance fee is 10 TL.
Gaziantep Castle Heroism Panorama Museum
One of the places that must be on your Gaziantep list of places to visit is the historical Gaziantep Castle.. Gaziantep Castle, one of the most important symbols of the city, is also one of the oldest surviving castles in our country.
Gaziantep Castle, which is thought to have a history of 6000 years, can be visited.. At the entrance of the castle, the Heroism Panorama Museum welcomes you.. The Heroic Panorama Museum, which is about the heroic struggle in the War of Independence, presents the experiences in a comprehensive way with reliefs, sculptures, portraits and television broadcasts.
Is Gaziantep Castle free of charge? if you say yes. The entrance fee to Gaziantep Castle is 10 TL.. Free admission for students, teachers and healthcare professionals. You can make your payment with a contactless credit card.. Gaziantep Castle is open to visitors every day of the week between 08.30-17.30.
Places to visit in Gaziantep: Emine Göğüş Culinary Museum
Emine Göğüş Culinary Museum has become a museum worthy of Gaziantep’s gastronomy city identity. You can get to know Gaziantep’s traditional culinary culture closely at Emine Göğüş Culinary Museum, Turkey’s first culinary museum. The culinary culture of the region continues to be kept alive in the museum.
While visiting Emine Göğüş Culinary Museum, be sure to take a look at the notes hanging on the wall.. Along with the general characteristics of Antep cuisine, famous Antep dishes and drinks, the museum introduces the culinary culture of the city from A to Z.
The mansion where Emine Göğüş Kitchen Museum is located is a historical Antep mansion built in 1905 and also the house where Ali İhsan Göğüş was born.. The building, which was restored and converted into a museum in 2007, is a good example for those who want to see the traditional Antep mansion.
Emine Göğüş Culinary Museum is open to visitors every day of the week between 08.30-17.30.. The entrance fee is 5 TL.
Gaziantep’s Best Museums: Ham Museum
Antep’s Another of the city’s concept museums, where you will visit the Turkish baths, accompanied by the song of burning furnaces, the Hamam Museum. 16. The Pasha Bath, which is the bath section of the complex built by Lala Mustafa Pasha in the 19th century, is a valuable heritage from the Ottoman period to the present day.
Pasha Bath, which was restored in 2015, has been transformed into a Bath Museum in order to keep the Gaziantep bath culture alive and pass it on to future generations.
The Turkish Bath Museum has become one of the museums that I enjoyed the most.. In the cold, warm and hot sections, you go back to those days with both animations and objects belonging to the Ottoman bath culture.
The old soaps and clogs in the Hamam Museum, where many traditional tools and equipment such as the Groom’s Bath, the Bride’s Bath, and the Women’s Bath are found, are worth seeing.
The Turkish Bath Museum entrance fee is 5 TL. It is open to visitors every day of the week between 08.30-17.30.
Gaziantep Game and Toy Museum
Next on our list of Gaziantep museums, there is a museum that will attract the attention of both children and adults.. Located in Bey Mahallesi, the Game and Toy Museum takes its visitors on a nostalgia journey with toys dating back hundreds of years.
The Game and Toy Museum, located in a historical Antep mansion, was brought to life under the curatorship of writer and poet Sunay Akın.
The Game and Toy Museum, which hosts nearly 600 toys from the years 1700-1990, consists of nine separate rooms.. Some of the toys brought together from different countries of the world, mainly Japan, America, Germany and France, are handmade.
After visiting the Game and Toy Museum, you can also go down to the cave gallery where the world’s children are introduced.. In this section, model children dressed in the local clothes of 24 different countries and the architectural works of those countries are exhibited.
Entrance fee to the Game and Toy Museum is 5 TL. It can be visited every day of the week between 08.30-17.30. There is a cafe where you can go to the top floor of the museum and have a drink with the view of Bey Mahallesi.
Atatürk Memorial Museum
The traditional Antep mansion belonging to Adil Sani Konukoğlu, located in the Historical Bey Neighborhood, in order to keep the memory of Atatürk alive, the Metropolitan Municipality donated to. The three-storey mansion, which has a large courtyard, welcomes its visitors as the Atatürk Memorial Museum today. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who visited Gaziantep in 1933, was registered to the population of Bey Mahallesi with the proposal of the governor of the time, Lütfi Bey and Mayor Hamdi Kutlar.. At the entrance of the museum, the Medal of Independence, which was awarded to Gaziantep, the first and only city to receive the title of Gazi, in 2008, is exhibited.
The entrance fee to the Atatürk Memorial Museum is 5 TL.. It is open to visitors every day of the week between 08.30-17.30.
Which Museums Are There in Gaziantep?
Gaziantep museums are not limited to the ones I mentioned above. There are many more museums worth seeing in the city.. Here are other Gaziantep museums you can visit:
- National Struggle Museum
- Medusa Archaeological Glass Works Museum
- Bayazhan Gaziantep City Museum
- Pistachio Museum
- Ali İhsan Göğüş Museum
- Gaziantep Mevlevi Lodge and Foundation Museum
- Hasan Süzer Ethnography Museum is one of the Gaziantep museums you can visit.
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