Akhisar Museum

About

Akhisar Museum, is an archaeology and ethnography museum located in Akhisar. Situated next to the Thyatira archaeological site and operating under the Manisa Museum Directorate, the museum was opened to visitors in 2012.

The museum is housed in a building originally constructed in 1932 as a hospital. Over the years, the building served as a school and a teacher's house before undergoing restoration to be converted into a museum. With a 650 m² indoor exhibition space, the museum’s collection comprises a total of 689 artifacts. The exhibits include items discovered in and around Akhisar, featuring archaeological artifacts from the Hellenistic period, Ancient Rome, and Byzantine periods, as well as ethnographic objects reflecting the Ottoman and Republican eras.

The museum is divided into two main sections: archaeology and ethnography. In the Archaeology Section, notable displays include Thyatira coins, gold objects from the Lydia period, ceramics from the Yortan culture, and the Gökçeler relief. The Ethnography Section showcases traditional life in Akhisar through exhibits such as hand-embroidered items, clothing, objects related to carpet weaving, and seals. Additionally, the Arasta Section within the ethnography area highlights traditional local occupations such as tobacco production, felt-making, carriage-making, and saddlery, along with objects associated with these crafts.

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