Museum· Artuklu, Mardin
Mardin Museum
Mardin Müzesi
Mardin Museum is a museum in Artuklu, Mardin; 12th-century Syriac patriarchate turned governor's mansion turned museum, in Mardin's honey-coloured stone.
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- Entry fee
- Müzekart ile Girilebilir. · Foreign: € 7
- Location
- 37.3138°N · 40.7346°E
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12th-century Syriac patriarchate turned governor's mansion turned museum, in Mardin's honey-coloured stone.
Editor's Note
The Mardin Museum is an archaeology and ethnography museum reflecting the historical and cultural wealth of its region. Its archaeological section holds tablets, seals, figurines, ceramics and coins spanning the Bronze Age and the Assyrian, Urartian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Artuqid and Ottoman periods. Its ethnographic section displays examples of Mardin's distinctive silverwork, old garments, coffee (mırra) sets and copper objects.
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- Historic artifacts and collections distinctive to the region
- Exhibits that reflect local culture
Story
This honey-stone mansion was the seat of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate from the 12th century until 1932. The Ottoman governor briefly took it as his residence, then it became Mardin's archaeology and ethnography museum. The exhibits jump from Late Bronze finds to Ottoman silverwork; the courtyard with its three-tier arcade is the show-stopper.
Did you know
- The 1895 façade was rebuilt by Patriarch Ignatius Behnam IV after an earthquake.
- A 4,500-year-old Akkadian cuneiform tablet on display is the museum's oldest piece.
- The carved wooden ceiling of the central hall took two Mardin master craftsmen seven years to finish.
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