Aksaray Museum

Aksaray Museum is a museum in Aksaray, Turkey.

The museum is on the state highway connecting Aksaray to South Turkey at 38.36111°N, 33.99361°W. The first museum collection was established in Zinciriye Medrese in 1969. In 2014 the new museum was opened in its new building. The museum has 10200 m2 open and 2400 m2 closed area. The general appearance of the 3 storey building resembles that of Seljukid cupolas in the city and the fairy chimneys lying to the east of Aksaray.

There are 15639 items in the museum.



One of the most important items exhibited in the open area of the museum is the Aksaray stele. It is the lower half of an inscription with a relief of Hittite Storm God. Its dimensions are 88x99x39 cm3. The inscription is in Luwian language. Another group of interesting items is the group of 12 mummies from the Byzantine era. Two of these mummies are cat mummies.