Konya Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum in Konya first opened in 1901 in a building at the south-west corner of the Karma Secondary School. In 1927 the objects moved to the Mevlâna Museum, and in 1953 to the İplikçi Mosque, before the present museum was founded and opened in 1962.

The galleries run through the ages. The prehistoric hall begins with Neolithic finds of about 6500 to 5300 BC from Erbaba, Süberde and Çatalhöyük, including hand-made pottery and obsidian and flint arrow and spear points. Early Bronze Age pieces come mostly from Sızma and Karahöyük, together with grooved pottery typical of the Lakes region around Beyşehir.

The Assyrian trade-colony period (about 1950 to 1750 BC) is represented by wheel-made pottery in many shapes, grape-cluster lamps, animal-shaped vessels, bronze rings and cylinder seals from the systematic excavations at Konya Karahöyük, ongoing since 1952.

The Iron Age hall brings Phrygian vessels with figures from Aladdin Hill and painted Phrygian pots from Kıcıkışla, as well as Urartian bronze pins and plaques and Lydian painted vessels. Later cases show classical black-glazed cups and an oinochoe, Hellenistic bowls and plates, and Roman bronze statuettes.