Edirne Museum

Edirne Museum is located on Kadirpaşa Mektep street next to the famous Selimiye Mosque. The museum was established in 1925. Although it was originally planned as an archaeology museum, it also contained many ethnographic items.

The first displays are about the Paleontology. Bones of elephant, rhinoceros and horse are displayed (currently elephant and rhinoceros are extinct from Turkey). Among the archaeological displays there are some remains from the Chalcolithic age. But the Majority of the items are from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Empire ages. Especially the terra-cotta Aphrodite figurines are notable. There are also funerary steles of Thracians

This ethnography section includes mostly items from the Turkish age, including the carpets in the bride and circumcision rooms, closets and various clothing. There are special sections for the hamam (Turkish bath) and the living room of a typical old Edirne house.

Address
Kadirpaşa Mektep, Edirne, Turkey

Established
1925