The old museum needed an update, and its contents grew exponentialy as excavations proceeded in the region. A new one consists of a large complex in brick, of a nice architecture, that houses a collection of major importance, with amongst many other items ones from Göbeklitepe. Then there is another complex, called the Haleplibahçe mosaic museum, a large circular roof that like a tent covers a huge space, with lots of mosaics from Byzantine times (most 5-6th century), a few hundreds meters further in a park. A ticket is valid for both, I found I needed two visits on consecutive days because there is so much to see. I was astounded to find that the English texts in the new Archaeological museum are concise and clear, and the ones in the mosaics museum are utter rubbish. Professional versus amateurish.

Take a look at my sub-gallery of the gallery of the old museum that has some finds not shown here. And sorry, I made a mistake in renaming files, so very many pictures seem to have the same number 4855.