Archaeology Museum

Central Anatolia

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South of Nasrullah Bridge, this small museum has well-displayed exhibits and detailed information panels in English. The central hall is devoted to Kastamonu's role in Atatürk's sartorial revolution, while the left-hand room houses Hellenic and Roman finds. Upstairs are Hittite and Bronze Age exhibits from regional excavations.

Highlights of the collection include the Roman period sarcophagus containing a female skeleton complete with half a mane of hair still on her head and the Hittite finds from Delibeyoğlu Ridge, unearthed in the 1990s.

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