Kars Museum

The Kars Museum was opened in 1963 in the Cathedral of Kars (now the Kümbet Mosque) of Kars, Turkey.

The structure was first built as an Armenian church (The Holy Apostles Church) under the Armenian Bagratuni Dynasty by Abbas II in 930–937. In 1579, it was converted to a mosque. Archaeological works from Kars and its surrounding region, as well as objects uncovered by the excavations of the medieval Armenian city of Ani were gathered here. After the new museum building was completed the works were moved and exhibited there.

The new museum in Kars can be found in a road which forks off the road to Ani in the northeast of the town. Finds from the Bronze Age to the present day are on display. An annex also houses an ethnography department.

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Kars Museum and its history from the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Location on Wikimapia

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

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Kars Museum

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