Tokat Museum

Tokat Museum is a museum in Tokat, Turkey. It houses historic finds from the region including sculptures and coins. Many of the items originate in the Anatolian Seljuks era.

Tokat Museum
Tokat Müzesi

Tokat Museum
Established	2012 (2012)
Location	Camii Kebir Mahallesi Sulusokak Caddesi No:86 Tokat, Turkey[1]
Coordinates	40°18′28″N 36°32′49″E
Type	Archaeology, Ethnography
Collections	Hellenistic period, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Anatolian Seljuks, Ottoman Empire
Collection size	36253[1]
Owner	Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Website	Anamur Museum

History

An earlier museum was originally located in Gökmedrese, a historic building in Tokat. On 18 September 2012, the museum was moved to a bedesten (covered market) called Arastalı which was probably built during the reign of Ottoman sultan Mehmet I (r.1413-1421).[1] The bedesten is on Sulusokak street in the Camii Kebir quarter[1]

The museum exhibits

The archaeology section of the museum houses Hittiten clay tablets from Maşat Höyük, a sword from the Hellenistic age, and bronze sculptures from the Roman age. The collection includes coins from various civilizations, and especially from the Anatolian Seljuks era. In the ethnographic section, the most important item is the handwritten Koran of 1191, from the Anatolian Seljuks era. There are also examples of ceramics. Two rooms of the museum exhibit hand-painted kerchief manufacturing and copper works, two of the popular crafts of Tokat during the Ottoman Empire.[2]

References

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