Adana Archaeology Museum; is located in City Of Adana, houses the historical heritage of Cukurova District. It's one of the oldest ten museums of Turkey.
Adana Archaeology Museum's established at the Police Department just after the formation of the Republic in 1924. It initially started with the collection of the columns, column capitals and sarcophagi found in the vicinity of the building. Alyanakzade Halil Kamil Bey from Adana was appointed as a museum director and with his successful work, the accumulated material was moved to the madrasah section of the no longer existing Cafer Pasha Mosque in 1928 and then opened to the public.
Adana Archaeology Museum's moved to the building presently occupied by the Ethnography Museum at Kurukopru in 1950. Material from the early ages of Cukurova which's discovered during the excavations carried out at Tarsus - Gozlukule (1934), Mersin - Yumuktepe (1936), Ceyhan - Sirkeli (1938) and Yuregir - Misis (1958) in particular, was collected at the museum. The museum eventually was filled to the brim with the ethnographic material collected by the Museum Director Ali Rýza Yalman during the investigations he carried out between 1933 - 1940 and as it's the only museum of the region with material obtained either through purchases or court decisions from a large area reaching from Kahramanmaras to Gaziantep, the museum moved to its current premises on January VII., 1972.
Address : Seyhan Road, Adana / Turkey
Telephone : +90 322 454 38 55
Fax : +90 322 454 38 56