subject: The Most Famous Museums In Ankara [print this page] The Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk the founder of the Turkish Republic. That is also a museum which shows letters and objects belonging to Ataturk. The mausoleum itself is a gorgeous mixture of ancient and modern style architecture. In a summertime there there's a Light and Sound show outside the mausoleum.
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations(Ankara Archeological Museum) exhibitions of Paleolithic, Neolithic, Hatti, Hittite, Phrygian, Urartian, Hellenistic, Roman, Seljuk, Ottoman artifacts.
Ethnographical Museum good variety of folklore costumes together with issues from Seljuk and Ottoman mosques.
Painting and Sculpture Museum nice collection of Turkish artwork from the late 19th century to present-day time. Situated near around the Ethnographical Museum.
Museum of Liberation selection of items from the time of the war of liberation. The exhibition is housed at the very first building of the parliament of the Turkish republic.
Museum of the Republic the museum exhibits the early days of the Turkish republic. It is housed inside the 2nd construction of the Turkish parliament.
Ataturk's House this is the house where Ataturk lived when staying in Ankara, through the foundation of the republic.
Natural History Museum exhibition showing the natural evolution of the planet.
Ankara Citadel It had been first built by Galatians, then Romans took control, Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium) and Seljuk Empire made changes and additions. The citadel as well as the region all around are the oldest part of Ankara.
Temple of Augustus it had been built at the 2nd century BC and later on dedicated to Augustus. The temple has amazing historic importance because the only fully preserved inscription of the testament of Augustus was identified during the excavations.
The Roman Baths designed during the reign of the Roman Emperor Caracalla in 3rd century AD. These days only the basement and ground floor have survived over the centuries.
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