Kars Museum

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Kars Museum

Kars Museum

Coordinates 40°37′N 43°6′E

Town

Kars

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Kars_Museum.JPG Kars Museum

Location of Kars Museum within Turkey.

[edit] History

The basis of the museum was laid a foundation in 1959 by establishing a public service to protect old works of art with a name of “Protecting Old Works of Art and Museum Directorate”. This establishment was formed by Dr. Budak DEMİRAL who was the President of the community center of that period and by Hasan KARTARİ who was the director of Public Education. After a few years because having many artworks and activities, this public service obtained a museum identity. As a result Kars museum was opened in 1964, in Kümber Mosque (Havariler Church). Then in 1969, Kars Museum was turn into Museum Directorate. By 1978, since the museum had many artworks, the space of the museum was not enough and had to be moved somewhere else. With respect to this fact, in 1981, the new museum was opened in its new place.

[edit] Visitor's Guide

There are two main sections at the museum:

The Archaelogy Gallery

The Archaelogy Gallery is on the first floor. Remains of the paleontological and the bronze ages such as axes, flints, microlites are exhibited in this section.( Also some bones of dinasours) Lots of remains from the Urartu, Rome and Byzantine Empires (such as coins, bottles, bracelets, pithos etc.) are also available for visitors to see.

The Etnography Gallery

The ethnographic works exhibited on the second floor represent the traditional clothes, kitchen vessels, carpets, rugs, weapons and handwriteen books used in the region in the 17th and 19th centuries.

The Vagon of Kazım Karabekir Pasha: The Russian generals who came to Kars on October 1921, in order to sign a piece agreement, presented a vagon to Kazım Karabekir Pasha(Commander of the east Anatolia, as known as the saviour of Kars) He used this vagon for his transportation between ,Kars and Erzurum. The vagon was restored in 2001 and exhibited in the garden of the museum.

[edit] Getting there

Museum is located at the center of the city. Kars is a small town. Visitors may reach the museum easily by foot or car.

[edit] Eat & Drink

There are some small restaurants around the museum. You can try local dishes such as kavurma, pörtletme, evelik, hörre etc.

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