ODTÜ Arkeoloji Müzesi

About ODTÜ Arkeoloji Müzesi

The METU Archaeology Museum (ODTÜ Arkeoloji Müzesi) is a small university archaeology museum on the Middle East Technical University campus in Çankaya, next to the Faculty of Architecture's lecture hall (Mimarlık Amfisi). It was founded in 1969 by Kemal Kurdaş. The museum belongs to METU and is run within the university's Centre for Research and Assessment of the Historic Environment (TAÇDAM), under the supervision of the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations. Its purpose is to protect finds from archaeological sites on the campus land, such as Yalıncak and Koçumbeli, and from Ankara's Phrygian necropolis. On display are archaeological finds from the Koçumbeli settlement on the METU campus, whose history goes back some 5,000 years, together with objects from the Yalıncak site, also on university land, and from the tumuli of the Phrygian necropolis in central Ankara. According to the museum's own website it is open on weekdays, 09:30-12:30 and 14:00-17:00, and groups are asked to book in advance. The museum's contact page links to the METU campus map to help visitors find it.