İZMİR PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATE OF CULTURE AND TOURISM

Selçuk Ephesus Museum

Ephesus Museum , with its cultural activities and visitor capacity , is one of the Türkiye's most important museums and it contains major works belonging to the Mike, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Seljuk era .  
Since the Ephesus Museum is a museum that exhibits the works of an ancient city, it is preferred to exhibit the artifacts where they have been found instead of chronological and typological exhibitions. According to this , halls have been regulated as The House Finds Hall, the Coin and the Treasury Department, the Grave Finds Hall, the Artemisi Hall of Ephesus, the Hall of the Emperor Kültlei .
In addition to these halls, various architectural and sculptural works of the interior and middle gardens of the museum are exhibited in harmony with the garden decor . Two great statues of Artemis, Eros head, Eros statue of Yunuslu, the head of Socrates, are some of the world-famous works of Ephesus Museum.

There are currently 64,000 works in the collections of the Ephesus Museum. This number increases with the archaeological excavations carried out annually or by the people of the environment with donation . The ''New Findings Room'' was created in the Ephesus Museum with the idea that these works will be put into service of the scientific world and humanity in a short time. However, this hall is not sufficient and the exhibitions in the other halls need to be renewed in the light of new finds and in accordance with the modern museum concept.
In accordance with this understanding, it was aimed to establish the subject integrity by presenting the groups of finds together in the new arrangement made in the House of Houses and House Findings. Medical and cosmetic tools, jewelery, weights, enlightenment tools, music and entertainment finds and weaving tools are the indispensable requirements for people of all ages in the living room. figurines, emperor and god statues, busts and furniture are exhibited. A room known as the Socrates Room from Ephesus Yamaç Evler in a section of the hall has been arranged with a model consisting of fresco, mosaic and various furniture.
Ephesus Museum's new sections as a result of new the new arrangements ; 
1- Arasta and Hamam Department:
Adjacent to the central garden of the museum, the section that integrates with the museum, the trade life in the old Türkiye towns and the various handicrafts that face the disappearance are exhibited live. With the development and different types of grain milling system (mills), which have an important place in the local life due to agriculture; copper making and eye bead making; In the section where the Türkiye tents were exhibited, the old Turkish structure and the Ottoman bath of the 16th century were restored and evaluated in the exhibition area.
2- Ayasuluk Library:
The old Turkish building (14th century) in the back street of the Ephesus Museum was restored by the museum and a small library function was provided for the local people to read daily newspapers or books.  
3- Museum for the Visually Impaired:
One of the ancient shops in Agora downstairs was restored and turned into a museum for the visually impaired. This museum consists of two parts and exhibits replica and original works.