Van Museum

Van Museum
Van müzesi
Van Museum is located in Turkey
Van Museum
Location of Van Museum
Established1945
LocationVan, Turkey
Coordinates38°30′17″N 43°20′28″E / 38.50472°N 43.34111°E / 38.50472; 43.34111
TypeHouse museum, Archeological museum, Ethnographic museum
WebsiteVan Museum

The Van Museum or Urartu Museum (Turkish: Van müzesi) is a museum located in the city of Van in eastern Turkey. It showcases on 13,000 m2 a large archaeological and ethnographic record of human life and cultural development in the lake Van region from eastern Anatolia’s Stone Age to the present. The main focus of the museum is on the Urartian period, about 2800-2600 years ago. Of particular interest are the Hakkari kurgan stelae.[1]

  1. ^ The collection of the Van Museum Retrieved 18 October 2023.