Museum of Troy, Archaeological museum near Troy site in Çanakkale, Turkey
The Museum of Troy is a modern steel-clad building with four floors covering about 12,750 square meters (137,000 square feet) located near the ancient city of Troy. It displays around 2,000 archaeological artifacts from Troy and neighboring settlements across its exhibition spaces.
The building opened in 2018 as the latest home for collections that began in 1911 at Canakkale High School. These original artifacts were later moved to the Armenian Church before finding their permanent home in the new facility.
The exhibits feature objects from multiple periods of settlement in the Troy region, including the Polyxena sarcophagus, gold jewelry, coins, and weapons from various communities. Visitors get a sense of how people lived and what they valued across these different eras.
The museum operates on different schedules depending on the season, with longer hours during summer months and shorter ones during winter. A combined ticket is available if you want to visit both the museum and the Troy archaeological site on the same trip.
The building's design mirrors the layered structure of an archaeological dig, with a descending entrance ramp and display niches that showcase objects from different periods of Troy's history. This creative approach connects the visitor's experience directly to the excavation process itself.
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