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Çorum Museum

Çorum Museum

A compact museum where Hittite finds from Boğazköy and Alacahöyük sit beside the region's folk crafts, with a garden full of carved stone.

About the museum

Çorum sits in the heartland of the Hittites, and its museum makes a good primer before or after the big sites nearby. The collection grew from finds at Alacahöyük, Boğazköy (ancient Hattusha), Ortaköy (Şapinuwa), Eskiyapar, Pazarlı and Alişar Höyük, and the museum opened in 1968 before moving into a newer building in 2003.

The archaeology halls run in chronological order, from the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age through the Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic and Roman periods. Highlights include reconstructed Early Bronze Age royal tombs from Alacahöyük, a bronze sword linked to King Tuthaliya II, cuneiform tablets and clay seal impressions from the Hittite archives, and a rich coin collection.

A second hall turns to ethnography: rugs and kilims, women's costume, jewellery, weapons, woodwork and handwritten religious books from the Seljuk and Ottoman eras. Outside, the garden displays a Hittite fountain carved with a bull, Roman and Byzantine sculpture, grave stelae and milestones.

Tips

  • Combine it with Hattusha (Boğazköy) and Alacahöyük, both close to Çorum, for the full Hittite picture.
  • Check the official museum page for current hours before you go.

Questions

When is Çorum Museum open?

According to the Ministry’s listing it opens at 08:30 and closes at 17:00 (last entry 16:30). Open every day.

Can I buy tickets for Çorum Museum on this site?

No. This site sells no tickets. Topkapı Palace, the Basilica Cistern, Hagia Sophia and Dolmabahçe Palace are sold on our sister sites; for Çorum Museum, buy at the ticket office or on the Ministry’s official e-ticket system.

Where is Çorum Museum?

Çorum Museum is in Çorum, Türkiye — Gülabibey Mah. Cengiz Topel Caddesi.

Nearby

Çorum

Alacahöyük Museum and Archaeological Site

A Bronze Age and Hittite religious centre in Çorum, with the famous Sphinx Gate, royal tomb finds and a museum on site.

Çorum

Boğazköy Museum

The museum of the Hittite capital: finds from Hattusha from the Chalcolithic to Byzantine times, including the two Boğazköy sphinxes reunited after a century apart.

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