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🏛️ Ephesus Museum – Selçuk, İzmir
Step into a world where ancient civilizations come to life…
Imagine holding your Museum Pass, the majestic ruins of ancient Ephesus behind you, and just ahead — a gateway into thousands of years of history. Behind sunlit stone walls, time whispers its secrets. Welcome to the Ephesus Museum, one of Turkey’s most important and fascinating museums.
🧭 Where is it? How to Get There?
🚆 From Basmane Train Station in İzmir, take a direct train to Selçuk
🚈 Or take the İZBAN line to Tepeköy, then transfer to Selçuk
🎫 Entrance Fee: €10 — Museum Pass is accepted
🏺 What Awaits Inside?
The Ephesus Museum brings together thousands of artifacts from civilizations such as Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods.
But this museum is more than a timeline — it’s a storytelling experience. Items are grouped not chronologically but by excavation sites and context, turning each room into its own immersive journey.
📌 Themed Exhibition Halls:Terrace Houses & Domestic Finds Room
Discover everyday life through ancient medical tools, cosmetics, jewelry, lighting devices, music instruments, and household décor.Coin and Treasure Section
Follow the trail of money through the ages.Grave Findings Hall
Explore burial traditions and spiritual beliefs of ancient cultures.Artemis of Ephesus Hall
Come face to face with one of the most powerful and unique depictions of the goddess Artemis.
