Efes Müzesi | |
Location | Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey |
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Coordinates | 37°56′56″N 27°22′4″E / 37.94889°N 27.36778°E |
Type | Archaeological museum |
Website | Ephesus Museum |
The Ephesus Archaeological Museum ( Turkish: Efes Müzesi) is an archaeological museum in Selçuk near the Ancient Greek city of İzmir, Turkey. It houses finds from the nearby Ephesus excavation site. Its best-known exhibit is the ancient statue of the Greek Goddess Artemis retrieved from the temple of the goddess in Ephesus. [1]
There are approximately 64 thousand pieces exhibited in the Ephesus Museum. [2]
The other museum with a great number of Ephesus artifacts is the Ephesus Museum in Vienna.
The museum closed at the end of 2012, and reopened in November 2014 after extensive renovations.