Art Museum
Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum
Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum is an art museum in Elazığ, Turkey.
About Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum
Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum is a museum in Elazığ, Turkey
The museum is situated in the campus of Fırat University at 38°40′23″N 39°11′26″E.
In 1965 a museum was established in a historical building in Harput, a former settlement 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the east of Elazığ. During the construction of two hydro electric plants; Keban Dam and Karakaya Dam both of which are on Fırat River (Euphrates of the antiquity) and quite close to Elazığ, many items worthy of museum were found. With these finds a new museum was established in the university campus
. It was opened on 28 July 1982.
The closed area of the museum is 5,185 square metres (55,810 sq ft).
Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum by the numbers
- Founded
- 1982
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