Iasos Fish Market Museum

The Fish Market Complex stands in Kıyıkışlacık, the village that occupies the ancient site of Iasos in Muğla. At its centre is a monumental Roman-period tomb set inside a rectangular enclosure lined with porticoed galleries. The building is known as the Fish Market because of a story told about the city: a musician performing in the theatre saw his audience rush out when the bell announcing the fish market rang.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism restored the complex in 1993. During the work, architectural pieces and other objects found by the Italian excavation team at Iasos were placed in the galleries, and in 1995 the complex opened to visitors as the Balıkpazarı Open Air Museum.

The tomb dates to the 2nd century AD. Its plan is square, about ten by seven metres, and the remains of the burial are displayed in the middle of the museum. The finds lined up in the surrounding galleries give a good introduction to the ancient city before or after you walk the peninsula.

The city's larger agora, walls and necropolis are part of the wider Iasos site, which has its own entry in this guide.