Museum of Troy

Troya Museum, guests starting from the entrance ramp follow a story divided into seven chapters from the ground floor; Troas Region Archeology, Troy Bronze Age, Iliad Epic and Trojan War, Troas and Ilion in the Ancient Period, Eastern Roman and Ottoman Period, Archeology History, the stories of the archaeological world of the stories categorized as the traces of Troy are meticulously met with the visitors.

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The history of Assos, Tenedos, Parion, Alexandria Troas, Smintheion, Lampsakos, Tyhmbria, Tavolia and Imbros cities, information of excavations and works belonging to these periods are exhibited on the ground floor.

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While giving information about the Bronze Age of Troy in the 1st floor, the ship-window designed to indicate the importance of this age in maritime trade and the striking sections of the projected reflective exhibition representing the story of abandoning the city with a war at the end of the Late Bronze Age are the oldest written documents in Troy. The yer Luvi Seal ”is also located on this floor.

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The Trojan War, which is the subject of books and films on the 2nd floor, is introduced together with the heroes, events, places of war and coins, pottery and marble works of this period, drawings, models and digital programs. In 1994, the statues of Roman emperors and the statue of Roman emperors of Trinity (Kentauros), which was unearthed in Parion in 2012, are presented to visitors on this floor.

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On the third floor, there are principalities in Troy and its environs and works belonging to the living areas in the Ottoman Period. Text, engravings and photographs about the importance of the Dardanelles in the early days of the Ottoman Empire, including the Ottoman settlements, are used in this floor. The pottery tradition that lasted during the Ottoman Period, stone works and stone works in social life, has become a field of coins and ceramics.