Ephesus Museum, besides the major works from Mycenean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman era which are found in and around Ephesus, is one of Türkiye’s most important museums with its cultural activities and visitor capacity.
Since the Ephesus Museum is a museum that mainly exhibits the works of an ancient city, it is preferred to exhibit the works where they were found instead of chronological and typological exhibitions. According to this, halls were regulated as Yamaç Evler and
the House Finds Hall, the Coin and the Treasury Section, the Grave Finds Hall, the Artemisi Hall of Ephesus, the Hall of the Emperor Cults. In addition to these halls, various architectural and statue 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 and the collections of the museum expands. The ''New Findings Room'' was created in the Ephesus Museum with the idea that these works will be put into service of the science 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 museology concept.
In accordance with this understanding, it was aimed to establish the subject integrity by exhibiting the groups of finds together in the new arrangement made in the Hall of Yamaç Evler and House Findings. In the hall, examples of medical and cosmetic tools, jewelry, weights, illumination tools, music and entertainment findings and weaving tools that are indispensable daily life requirements for people of all ages, figurines, emperor and god statues, busts and furniture are exhibited. A section of a room in the hall, which is known as the Socrates Room, from Ephesus Yamaç Evler, was arranged with statues, fresco, mosaic and various furniture.
Ephesus Museum's new sections that are opened to visit as the result of new rearrangements in the museum, Ephesus and Selçuk:
1- Ottoman Bazaar and Bathhouse Section:
Adjacent to the central garden of the museum, in the section that integrates with the museum, the business life in the old Turkish towns and the various handicrafts that begin to be forgotten are exhibited live. With the development and different types of grain milling system (mills), which have an important place in the local life bound to agriculture; coppersmith and the making of blue eye bead; the old Turkish structure and the Ottoman bathhouse of the 16th century were restored and evaluated in the section where Turkish tents are exhibited.
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 downtown Agora of Efes was restored and turned into a museum for the visually impaired. This museum consists of two parts and exhibits replica and original works.