Museum· Selçuk, İzmir
Ephesus Archaeological Museum
Selçuk Efes Müzesi
Where every fragment dug from Ephesus since 1929 is laid out — the key to reading the ruins down the road.
Story
Every fragment dug from Ephesus since 1929 lands here, in two adjoining halls a five-minute walk from the ruins. The Artemis statues, the bronze athlete from the Harbour Gymnasium, the Parthian-monument frieze — none of them are at the site itself. Read this museum first; the columns down the road make sense afterwards.
Did you know
- The 'Beautiful Artemis' statue was discovered with her ritual headdress intact in 1956.
- The bronze athlete was reassembled from 224 fragments after 30 years of restoration.
- The Eros riding a dolphin found here is the only intact Roman version of the type.
Practical info
- Location
- 37.9490°N · 27.3679°E
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