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Ancient jewelry unveiled for Erzurum Museum’s new series of annual exhibitions
Erzurum Museum has unveiled 175 artifacts, many of which have never been displayed before, including jewelry dating back 3,500 years, in an exhibition offering a window into various civilizations that lived in the region.
The exhibition is part of a broader effort by the Erzurum Museum Directorate to display more than 20,000 artifacts currently stored in its collection.
Şanlıurfa Museum draws over 1 mln visitors
Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum, housing unique artifacts from the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, is a year-round destination for history and culture enthusiasts.
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Microcrystalline wax protects artifacts from quakes
Historical artifacts dating back centuries have been secured in position using microcrystalline wax in the Kocaeli Archaeology Museum as a precaution to safeguard them from potential earthquakes and disasters.
Like Silk | Soufli | To November 13
Bridging Greek and Japanese culture, the exhibition "Like Silk" is taking place at the Art of Silk Museum in Soufli, northeastern Greece. Set up by the Corfu Museum of Asian Art and the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation (PIOP) (piop.gr), under the aegis of the Japanese Embassy in Greece, the exhibition offers displays of select antiquities from the museum's collections.
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Yannis Gaitis | Athens | To May 14
Marking 100 years since the birth of the great Greek modernist Yannis Gaitis (1923-1984), the B&M Theocharakis Foundation (thf.gr) presents the retrospective show "The Essence of Anonymity." The career-spanning exhibition starts with his 1944 self-portrait and stretches to the end of his creative journey, with pieces on loan from galleries, foundations and private collections, including sev
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Slovenian researchers help analyse UK’s Trump blimp
Slovenian researchers have helped the Museum of London analyse the composition of a huge baby Donald Trump blimp as part of the museum's efforts to preserve the work and exhibit it in its protest collection.
Türkiye’s first zoology museum to reopen
Türkiye's first zoology museum will be reopened seven years later after being relocated due to earthquake risk.
In 2105, a demolition decision was taken for the museum, which was opened in Istanbul's Beyazıt districts in 1933.
Within the scope of the decision, the museum's collections were taken under protection in the warehouses of Istanbul University for seven years.
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Artifacts on mosque’s wall fountain to be taken to museum
Following the discovery of some late Roman period embossed steles and a lid of a sarcophagus with a lion engraved on a wall fountain in a yard of a village mosque in the Mediterranean province of Antalya's Korkuteli district, authorities have launched a comprehensive investigation in the village.
Hotel-museum presents artifacts from 5 periods
The Necmi Asfuroğlu Archaeology Museum, which has the museum-hotel concept and displays artifacts belonging to five different periods, has welcomed 22,500 visitors since its opening last year.
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Thessaloniki Jewish Museum launches new wing
The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki opened in 2001 with the aim of telling the story and preserving the memory of the northern port city's Jews with exhibits including heirlooms and testaments to their presence. On the occasion of the recent inauguration of its new wing, curator Evangelos Hekimoglu talks about the museum and the changes that the new wing represents.
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