Museum· İpekyolu, Van

Van Urartu Müzesi

Built1945

Van Urartu Müzesi is a museum in İpekyolu, Van; The Van Museum, also known as the Urartu Museum, presents a large archaeological and ethnographic record of the Lake Van region from the Stone Age to the present.

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The Van Museum, also known as the Urartu Museum, presents a large archaeological and ethnographic record of the Lake Van region from the Stone Age to the present. Its origins go back to a depot established in 1932, and it now occupies a new building northeast of the Van Fortress, opened to visitors in 2019. The main focus is the Urartian period, and among its notable holdings are the Hakkari kurgan stelae.

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