Çorum Archaeological Museum

Çorum Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in Çorum, Turkey. It was formally established in 1968, with items found in Alacahöyük, Boğazköy, Ortaköy, Eskiyapar, Pazarlı, Kuşsaray and Alişar Höyük.

Collection

The collection, amounting to 12,337 pieces in 1997, is divided into four principal areas. The First Hall and corridor contains Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine era "coins, ceramics, glass perfume cups and lachrymatories, figurines and statuettes, offering cups, steles, sarcophagi and column capitals and jewellery", the Second Hall contains numerous jugs, vases, rythones and crucibles, cap-shaped discs and seals from the Hittite and Phrygian periods, while the Third and Fourth Halls contain rugs, jewellery and items of clothing, weapons, scriptures and wood and metal objects dating to the Seljuk and Ottoman eras.^[1] The garden contains a fountain with a statue of a bull.

References

↑ "Çorum Museums". Kultur.gov.tr. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

Archaeological museums in Turkey

Aegean Region	Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum Aydın Archaeological Museum Bodrum Castle Bolvadin Museum Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum Ephesus Archaeological Museum Hierapolis Izmir Archeology Museum Archaeological Museum of Manisa Uşak Museum of Archaeology

Black Sea Region	Bolu Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Kastamonu Archaeological Museum Konuralp Museum Trabzon Museum Samsun Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Tokat Museum

Central Anatolia Region	Çatalhöyük Eskişehir Archaeological Museum Konya Archaeological Museum Gordion Museum Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

Eastern Anatolia Region	Kars Museum

Marmara Region	Bursa Archaeological Museum Great Palace Mosaic Museum Istanbul Archaeology Museums Kırklareli Museum Sadberk Hanım Museum Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography

Mediterranean Region	Adana Archaeology Museum Alanya Archaeological Museum Antalya Museum Burdur Archaeological Museum Hatay Archaeology Museum Mersin Museum Misis Mosaic Museum Silifke Museum Tarsus Museum

Southeastern Anatolia Region	Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Şanlıurfa Museum Zeugma Mosaic Museum

Museums in Turkey

Aegean Region

Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum Atatürk's House (Şuhut) Aydın Archaeological Museum Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum Çamlık Railway Museum İnciraltı Sea Museum İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum Izmir Ethnography Museum İzmir Toy Museum Archaeological Museum of Manisa Uşak Museum of Archaeology Victory Museum

Black Sea Region

Baksı Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Hagia Sophia, Trabzon Trabzon Museum

Central Anatolia Region

Marmara Region

Bursa Archaeological Museum Kırklareli Museum Namık Kemal House Museum Rákóczi Museum Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages For museums in İstanbul see Museums in Istanbul

Mediterranean Region

Adana Archaeology Museum Adana Cinema Museum Alanya Archaeological Museum Atatürk Museum Adana Ethnography Museum Antalya Museum Atatürk's House Museum (Antalya) Burdur Archaeological Museum Hatay Archaeology Museum Mersin Museum Mersin Atatürk Museum Mersin Naval Museum Misis Mosaic Museum Silifke Museum Tarsus Museum Karatepe Arslantaş Museum

Southeastern Anatolia Region

Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Şanlıurfa Museum

Coordinates: 40°32′28″N 34°57′04″E / 40.5411°N 34.9511°E / 40.5411; 34.9511

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