Isparta Museum

Following a restoration it was reopened in 2003. The Isparta Museum was closed to visitors in 2014 for renovation and strengthening works; although a decision was later made to demolish and rebuild the building, no construction has been initiated for years.

• Name — Isparta Museum • Native Name — Isparta Müzesi • Location — Millet street Isparta, Turkey • Type — Archaeology, Ethnography • Collections — Hellenistic Pisidia, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Seljuk Empire, Ottoman Empire • Collection Size — 16911 • Owner — Ministry of Culture and Tourism

There are four main halls; archaeology, ethnography, treasure and carpet. Also in the passage to archaeology hall a typical Isparta house is displayed. In the archaeology hall, sculptures, iconas and steles are displayed. Most important item is a Eurymedon sculpture from Aksu Zindan cave. In treasury hall, coins of Hellenistic Pisidia, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Seljukid, Ottoman Empire and other Islamic age coins are exhibited. Ottoman medals are also exhibited in this section. There are illumination gadgets, clothes, accessories, weapons, firmans (decrees), weighting instruments, coffee accessories are in the ethnographic hall. Carpet hall especially notable for Isparta is known as one of the carpet and rose producing cities of Turkey. In this hall in addition to Isparta carpets, carpets from Uşak, Gördes, Çanakkale, Bergama, Antalya, Nevşehir, Kırşehir, Kayseri, East Anatolia and Konya are exhibited. Instruments for distillation of attar of roses are also displayed in the carpet hall. Finally in the yard of the museum, rock carved items such as tombstones are displayed. There are 16911 items (including coins) in the museum.

• Illustration — Isparta museum Göndürle Höyük burial vessels 4942 • Illustration — Isparta museum Early Bronze Age vessel 2791 • Illustration — Isparta museum Early Bronze Age vessels 4945 • Illustration — Isparta museum Late Archaic steles 4990 • Illustration — Isparta museum Late Archaic stele 2796 • Illustration — Isparta museum Men a local god 2810 • Illustration — Isparta museum Roman figurine 2802 • Illustration — Isparta museum rider god 2778 • Illustration — Isparta museum Roman altar 2815 • Illustration — Isparta museum theater mask in garden 4991 • Illustration — Isparta church fragement • Illustration — Isparta museum green glazed Seljuk ceramic 4955 • Illustration — Isparta museum green glazed Seljuk ceramic 4956 • Illustration — Isparta museum Anatolian Seljuk ceramic 4961 • Illustration — Isparta museum rose oil production 4987 • Illustration — Isparta museum saddle bag part 025 • Illustration — Isparta museum side 5004