Fethiye Museum

The idea of showing the archaeological wealth of Fethiye's district in one place goes back to the early 1960s, and the first nucleus of a collection was gathered in those years. Large stone pieces collected in the region were later kept in a depot, and in 1987, with a new building, the artefacts were presented in the modern manner. The museum has two halls, one for archaeology and one for ethnography, and nearly everything in them comes from Fethiye and its surroundings.

Pottery makes up most of the archaeological display, arranged in chronological order from the 3rd millennium BC to the end of the Byzantine age. The most important piece is the trilingual stele found at Letoon in 1973, written in Lycian, Aramaic and Greek, which helped decipher the Lycian language. Another key exhibit is the statue of the girl with the dove, together with two female statues beside it, linked to the cult of Artemis.

The ethnography hall shows local hand-woven textiles, embroidery, caftans, üçetek skirts and silver jewellery.