Çorum Archaeological Museum

The Çorum Archaeological Museum is located at the western entrance to the Turkish provincial capital Çorum in Cengiz Topel Caddesi . Among other things, it shows numerous finds from the nearby Hittite cities, including the capital Hattuša and Alacahöyük .

history

The Çorum Museum includes the local museums in Alacahöyük and Boğazkale (Hattuša). The former was founded in 1940, the latter on September 12, 1966. Finally, on October 13, 1968, the museum in Çorum was opened in Mue Sokak No. 1 . In 2000 the museum moved to the current building. This was built as a hospital in 1914 and then housed an agricultural school, a health school, a business school, a technical school and the Ataturk University. It is built in the style of the late 19th century and is a listed building. In 1988 it was destroyed in a fire, then restored and reopened on March 11, 2003 as today's museum. Önder İpek has been the director of the museum since 2006.

exhibition

On four floors, the museum houses finds from all periods from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age to the Roman and Byzantine epochs. Most of the exhibits from the Copper Age and Hittite sites in the area, including Alacahöyük, Kuşsaray, Hattuša, Šapinuwa , Hüseyindede and Eskiyapar . On the ground floor you can see a replica of a Hattic prince's grave as well as metal objects ( standards ), statuettes and ceramics from Alacahöyük, as well as the early Hittite vase by Hüseyindede decorated with colored reliefs . Furthermore, clay pots, figures, cuneiform tablets and steles from Hattuša are exhibited. A sword with a cuneiform engraving by Tudhalija II from Hattuša is remarkable . Weapons, ceramics and jewelry from Šapinuwa are also on display on the ground floor and first floor. Another part of the collection is made up of artifacts from the time of the Assyrian trading colonies ( Karum ). The second floor houses finds from the Phrygian times from Eskiyapar, Pazarlı, Mecitözü as well as from Alacahöyük and Hattuša. Finds from Roman and Byzantine times from various places in the area can also be seen there and on the third floor . The exhibition is rounded off by an ethnographic section on the ground floor.

Various touch-sensitive, interactive screens are used to present and explain the exhibits, showing further information and other views of the found objects.