Art Museum
Uşak Museum of Archaeology
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Uşak Museum of Archaeology is an art museum in Uşak, Turkey.
About Uşak Museum of Archaeology
The Uşak Museum of Archaeology (Turkish: Uşak Arkeoloji Müzesi) is an archaeological museum in Uşak in western Turkey. Founded on May 23, 1970, the museum is best known for its exhibitions of Karun treasure.
In the museum, items on display include sculptures, pitchers with beaklike spouts and stone axes from the Bronze Age, earthen dishes and glassware from the Hellenistic and Ancient Roman Period, and stelae from the nearby Roman ancient ruin site of Blaundus. The most interesting items are of the so-called Karun treasure belonging to the Lydian Period.
Uşak Museum of Archaeology by the numbers
- Founded
- 1970
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Uşak Museum of Archaeology
- Website
- www.muze.gov.tr
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