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History and EstablishmentThe idea of a museum in Şanlıurfa emerged in 1948. At that time, artifacts were stored in a depot at Atatürk Primary School. In 1956, these artifacts were moved to a designated space at Şehit Nusret Primary School. However, as this space proved insufficient, construction of a new museum building began in 1965 in the city center, at the Şehitlik site.The first museum, opened in 1969, was inadequate for the region’s thousands of years of history and artifacts. Therefore, i

The Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum is a comprehensive museum complex that systematically exhibits tens of thousands of artifacts from the Paleolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze, Iron, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods, with a primary focus on the Neolithic era, as one of Türkiye’s key institutions for safeguarding its cultural heritage. It ranks among Türkiye’s largest archaeology museums in terms of both exhibition techniques and diversity of artifacts, documenting the prehistoric and