MUSEUMS
IN ADANA
Adana
Archaeological Museum: The museum is located on E-5 highway and
founded in 1924. Adana archeological museum is also
the museum of the region whilst the historical artifacts found from the excavations in neighbourhoods ( Kahramanmaras, Gaziantep, Mersin, Tarsus,
misis) are exhibited in the museum
Museum
of Ataturk's House: Museum Building is one of the traditional
Adana houses built over seyhan street in 19th century .
House formed by The
two-story, pitched roof and a masonry structure. Due to these features, the
Ministry taken the house under protection and declared it as "Immovable Cultural Property to Be
Protected".
When Ataturk came and
visited Adana in March 15 1923, he was hosted and stayed in this house.
Building was restored and converted to a museum in 1981 . personal clothes , portreys statues belonging to Ataturk and
local hand made rugs ,carpets . photos depicting the scenes from independance
war of Turkey and old guns , are exhibited in the museum. Every year march 15
the arrival of Ataturk to Adana city celebrated in the city and museum.
Adana
Ethnography Museum: it was opened as a result of an
arrangement made in the Greek church. located in kurukopru district.
In the museum 2950
archeological artifacts , five thousand ethnographic artifacts, 3500 seals and 346
court order from the Ottoman period are exhibited and can be seen by visitors.
Misis
Mosaic Museum: located 20 km away from Adana and by the Seyhan River side. There are many
historical findings from Hittite, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic (Arab, Seljuk and
Ottoman) periods are available in the museum In addition, mosaics found from a church dating to the fourth
century are also stored here.