Ephesus Archaeological Museum

Ephesus Museum
	Efes Müzesi
	The entrance to the museum
	Location within Turkey
Location	Selçuk, İzmir Province, Turkey
Coordinates	37°56′56″N 27°22′4″E
Type	Archaeological museum
Website	Ephesus Museum

The Ephesus Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Efes Müzesi) is an archaeological museum in Selçuk near İzmir, Turkey. It houses finds from the nearby Ephesus excavation site. Its best-known exhibit is the statue of Artemis retrieved from the temple of the goddess in Ephesus.[1]

The Artemis of Ephesus

The other museum with a great number of Ephesus artifacts is the Ephesos Museum in Vienna.

The museum closed at the end of 2012, and reopened in November 2014 after extensive renovations.

References

"Ancient Ephesus City Ruins in Turkey". Ephesusbreeze.com. Retrieved 3 October 2016.

"Ephesus Museum, Selçuk". sacred-destinations.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.

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