Elmalı Museum

Elmalı Museum was founded by a Council of Ministers decision in 2011 and opened to visitors on 13 June 2011, with Elmalı and Korkuteli as its area of responsibility. It occupies the former government house in the centre of Elmalı, a two-storey building on a central plan that was restored for the purpose.

The route begins with the Chalcolithic finds of Bağbaşı and continues with the Early Bronze Age material from Karataş-Semayük, whose cemetery yielded burial jars and vessels. In one hall three of those jars stand in their original positions. Other rooms hold finds from Hacımusalar Höyük and Karaçakır, and from the tumulus excavations at Karaburun, Kızılbel and Bayındır.

Further displays include Lycian city coins and Roman imperial coins, and imitation pieces recalling the fifth-century BC Elmalı hoard. The last hall focuses on the Roman and Byzantine periods, with votive stelae, sarcophagus and statue fragments, and everyday vessels, jewellery and medical tools. It is a small museum, best for readers of regional archaeology.