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Gümüşhane Museum

Gümüşhane Museum

A museum in two restored 1920s mansions north of Gümüşhane's centre, with archaeology, coin and ethnography sections and a garden of stone works.

About the museum

Gümüşhane Museum is housed in two adjoining mansions dating from about 1920 that belonged to Erol Karabiber and İbrahim Ömürdağ. They were expropriated in 1998, restored between 2004 and 2006 and turned into a museum. The building has three floors including the attic and stands roughly a kilometre north of the city centre.

The garden displays stone works from various periods, brought in from ancient sites within the province such as the ancient city of Satala and the Süleymaniye quarter. They include sarcophagi, columns and capitals, grave stelae, Islamic gravestones, and inscribed and relief stelae along with assorted architectural fragments.

Inside, the display is divided into three sections: archaeology, coins and ethnography. The archaeological section presents fine examples from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods, offering a compact view of how this mining province was shaped by successive cultures.

Tips

  • The museum is closed on Mondays.
  • Satala, whose finds appear in the garden, is one of the ancient sites in the province that you may want to read about beforehand.

Questions

When is Gümüşhane Museum open?

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

Can I buy tickets for Gümüşhane 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 Gümüşhane Museum, buy at the ticket office or on the Ministry’s official e-ticket system.

Where is Gümüşhane Museum?

Gümüşhane Museum is in Gümüşhane, Türkiye — Oltan Bey Mahallesi Müze Sokak No.37.

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