Uşak Museum

Uşak Museum first opened on 23 May 1970, and after serving in its original building for 48 years it moved in 2018 into a new facility in the train station area. It holds around 42,000 objects, from the Palaeolithic through the Bronze Age, Phrygian, Lydian, Hellenistic, Roman and Eastern Roman periods.

The star attraction is the Karun Treasure, gold and silver from Lydian burial mounds near Güre, west of Uşak. It was looted and smuggled abroad in the 1960s, and after a legal case brought by the culture ministry it came back in 1993. Exhibited on the second floor, it is divided into two sections. The first includes finds from the Basmacı, Toptepe and Aktepe tumuli, with the rare winged seahorse brooch at the far end; that piece was brought from Germany and shown in its homeland. The second part features reconstructions of the İkiztepe and Harta tumuli and scenes of Lydian trade, weaving, pottery and mould-making.

Elsewhere, chronological showcases display idols, beak-mouthed jugs, terracotta, oil lamps and glass, and a sculpture section shows Roman-period portraits of officials and athletes found in Uşak. Because Lydia is where coinage began, the mezzanine covers coins and hoards with animations about minting and money. There is also an ethnography section on local clothing and weapons, a children's education area and a library.