MUSEUMS OF IZMIR 

ARCHEOLOGY MUSEUM

The findings collected from excavations are exhibited in this museum.
The Top Floor Exhibiting Salons:

The works of art his that are in the first gallery of this floor were found in different parts of Western Anatolia. The small statues made of glass, bronze, ring stones, pots, pans, kerosine lamps and the small statues are classified and exhibited inside the display windows. They are chronologically ordered from the primitive ages to the end of the Byzantian Period. The places where these works were found are not exactly known and they were recieved through donations and auctions. The works exhibited in the second gallery of this salon are occupied by the archeological excavations by archeologists and historians. The places they were found are not known exectly. These are exhibited in chronological order for didactic purposes. These works were found in the archeological excavations that were made in Eski Izmir (Symrna), Çandarlı, Myrina, Foça, Erythrai and the ancient ‘’Lasos’’. Also there is a storage department this floor. In this division we can see the golden grave gifts, glass and bronze works, and also the bronze Demeter (goddess of fertility) which was found in Halicarnasus. Some of the display windows are arranged with the Greek gollden coins, Roman golden coins and Venedic coins.

İzmir Archeology Museum

The Middle Floor Exhibition Salon: The marble sculptures, marble busts, sculptures heads and portraits are exhibited on this floor, which is located in the entrance of this museum. The small works are made of marble and are exhibited in classfications in eight windows found on this floor. The Korean sculpture that was found in Erythrai is one of the first examples of large marble sculptures from the Ancient Age, which makes it remarkable. It is llocated in the entrance of the Salon, next to the Bronze Athlete Sculpture that was found in Kyma and is a rarely found bronze example. This Salon wholly represents Western Anatolia with its works.

The First Floor:

A part of this floor is reserved for the rock formations of graves. Empire Domitianos, who lived in the first century A.D., his arms and head draws attention. It was 7.20 m. in height when it was first made. We only have its head, arms and feet today because its body was made of wood. In the other parts the laphits and grave stells, which were made of baked clay and marble and belonged to different periods are available. Among these laphits, the famous clay laphits of the ancient world, the Klazomenai can be seen. The late Hellenistic grave stells are one of the richest collections of the world. ‘’The Belevi Grave Monument’’ ceiling casette blisters that are remarkable examples of the Hellenistic Period, are located in this salon. At the end of the salon the group of Poseidon. Demeter, Artemis sculptures, which were found in the ‘’Agora Ören Place’’ that is now completely in the center of Izmir, are display because they were found in Izmir. Regarding these reasons the Izmir Archeology Museum enlightens the civilization that passedo through West Anatolia starting from the prehistoric ages up to today. It takes its place as one of the remarkable museums in Turkey. Also it shows the taste of art of the ancient periods and its superiority in this Field.

Today 10.090 archeologic works of art, 1256 ethnographic works of art, 11.639 coins, 12 tablets, 77 seals, 330 Ottoman documents (Şer-i Mahkeme) and a total number of 23.404 works of art are found in this museum.

In 1985, 50 archeologic coins, 12 ethnographic coins, 14 coins were bought by the museum, 200 archeologic monuments and 1068 coins found through excavations, 13 archeologic and ethnographic works and 157 coins.were supplied through auctions. Also one archeologic work and 145 coins were donated to the museum.

THE ETHNOGRAPHY MUSEUM

The building of the Ethnography Museum was built with a Neoclassical style of the early 19th century. It was restored from 1985 and 1988 and was used as the Ethnography Museum. The building contains three floors above the ground floor. The first and second floors are for the exhibition illustrates Izmir and its regions’ social life and home life of the 19th century. In this way the fading manual arts of today such as leather works, Turkish-batn culture, rope workings, wooden stamping, copper workings, carpet weaving, pan arts and evileye beads are presented. The subjects are illustrated with photos and instroductionary panels.

The First Floor Exhibition:
In the first section on the right manual works, bathing suits and the living rooms of the 19th century are found. In the second section examples of ancient ovens, wooden works and first Turkish pharmacy are exhibited. Izmir’s famous syrupist welcomes us from the century he lived. In thi third section the Menemen pots of its bazaar, camel wrestling folk plays and the Efe (swash buckling village dandy of Southwestern Anatolia) and his costumes are presented. In the interior parts of the salons money bags are displayed in windows and nacre objects, glass and opalin objects and manual works are exhited. The Second Floor Exhibition: On the right side of this floor the first century’s bridal veils, ornament properties of women, adisplay of wedding gowns, a brides room, a cicumcision room (Islamic law for boys), a living room, kitchen utensils, carigraphic book, Ottoman coins and writing tools are exhibited. In the third section war tools such as arrows of the Ottoman period, bows, rifles, guns, javelins, armor-clads, bayonets and generally Agean Carpets, small carpets, carpeting tools, bags, saddle bags are exhibited. In the installed windows of the interior salons bridal guilts, samples of manual works, syrup glasses, men’s satisfaction equipments, tile porcelains are foun

THE IZMIR ATATÜRK MUSEUM

This building, which is located on the first Kordon, was built by a levanten as a house between 1875 and 1880. Atatürk stayed here when he came to Izmir for the Izmir Economy Congress. This building was bought by the Izmir Municipality and was given as a gift to Atatürk in 1926. This building was opened to the public as a museum in 1941. In 1962 it took the name of the ‘’Atatürk City Public Library and the Izmir Atatürk Museum’’. In 1973 it was officially tied to the Archeology Museum, and in 1978 it was restored and rearranged and it became the ‘’Ethnography Museum’’. The building consists of a ground floor, a first floor, a living room, a bed room, a waiting room, an acceptance room, a library, a dining room and a bath room and they contain valuable sculptures, carpets, tableus, vases, trinkets, some private properties which Atatürk used, some decorations and furhiture that carried the unique styl of the period and 408 French (1843-1913) encyclopedias are present.