Niğde Museumvisitor guide.

Museological activities in Niğde began during World War II when Akmedrese was utilized as an antiquities depot for Istanbul Archaeology Museums. In 1957, Akmedrese officially opened to the public as Niğde Museum. Relocated to its modern purpose-built building in 1977, its initial permanent exhibition was completed in 1982. Following extensive modernization to meet growing needs, the museum reopened in 2001. The museum encompasses 6 thematic galleries presented chronologically from the Paleolithic to the present. HALL 1: Obsidian tools from Kaletepe Obsidian Workshop, Pınarbaşı Höyük, Köşk Höyük, and Tepecik Höyük excavations, alongside unique artifacts, grave goods, figurines of gods and goddesses, anthropomorphic vessels from Köşk Höyük, and an authentic 1:1 scale reconstruction of a "Köşk Höyük Chalcolithic House" are exhibited. HALL 2: Finds from the miners' village at Göltepe Höyük, the mine entrance gallery of Kestel tin mine, hocker burials, grave gifts, and palace finds and lidded vases from Acemhöyük during the Assyrian Trade Colonies Era are displayed. HALL 3: Neo-Hittite stelae of storm and fertility gods belonging to Nahita and Tuwanuwa kingdoms, Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions, Kaynarca Tumulus finds, Phrygian pottery, and the famed "Göllüdağ Lion" are exhibited. HALL 4: Dedicated to Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine finds. Artifacts from Tepebağları, Porsuk Höyük, and Acemhöyük, including terracottas, glassware, seal impressions, and Roman and Byzantine antiquities are displayed. HALL 5: Coin minting techniques and definitions, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, and Ottoman coinage, alongside an Anatolian Seljuk silver hoard and the Tepebağları hoard. Mummies Section: Features the famed "Nun Mummy" discovered in Ihlara Valley, Aksaray, and 4 child mummies recovered from Çanlı Church. HALL 6: Historic weapons, manuscripts, calligraphy sets, lamps, carpets, kilims, finials, jewelry, and a Qajar brass tray, alongside a period diorama portraying dinner preparations in a 19th-century Niğde house. DOWNLOAD MUSEUM BROCHURE NEARBY MUSEUMS GÜMÜŞLER MONASTERY AND UNDERGROUND CITY ANDAVAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE