Visiting various museums at the Black Sea Region
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BLACKSEA REGION - Museums

 
       
  If you have come to spend vacations here at the Black Sea Region, then you will have the best time here for sure. But your holidays can be made more interesting if you explore a little history of the region. This can simply be done by visiting the museums of the region.

Many tourists and archeologists from different locations are found in the Black Sea Region exploring the history of the region. They are found here throughout the year visiting different historical locations and museums.

Your trip to the Black Sea Region will remain incomplete if you do not visit the museums. Each of the museums will tell you stories from the past. It will be really interesting for you to see the items and artifacts from the past.


If you are planning to visit Turkey for enjoying the vacations then you must be wondering which region you should visit. We all know there are seven regions in Turkey visiting which during a single vacation would be impossible. This is because each of the regions is vast diverse in itself. If you want to spend your vacations then it is obvious that you will want to explore various places of the region that you will be selecting to explore. Among many of the regions here, the one that is full of natural beauty is the Black Sea Region. This place has many lakes, beaches, resorts and other worth seeing locations where you can have a really great time.

The Black Sea Region is not just a nice place to visit for spending vacations. It is such a place too that has great historical importance. That’s one of the reasons why it also promotes tourism Turkey. When you will come to this region for spending your vacations then you will see this thing that many tourists have come to this place for discovering various facts and gathering information about this region. Many archeologists are also found here exploring the historical locations here with great zeal.

The Black Sea Region also has many museums which tell us history of the civilizations which used to live in Turkey in the past. The Archeology Museum located in Kirklareli is quite famous. It has many artifacts from the past. If you want to see artifacts from Ottoman, Byzantine, Hittite, Seljuk and Roman period then you must pay a visit to the Ethography Museum and the Bolu Archeology Museum.

The Archeology Museum in Sinop contains many golden icons from the past. For seeing more ethnographical artifacts, you can visit the Aslan Torunlar Museum. It was constructed in the 18th century.

A historical location near Bafra called Ikiztepe has 699 graves dating back to the Brzone age. Many archeologists are found at this place because it explains much of the history of the Black Sea regional.

Samsun Museum is also a place where you can find many items from the past such as jewelry. The famous Ataturk Museum of the region is located in Samsun. It has many objects as well as files from the past. Archeology Museum is another museum located in Samsun. It contains items from Amisos, Ikiztepe and Dundartepe.

Byzantine church is another historical location that contains monuments of the jewel of Trabzon. It was used as a mosque but now it has been converted into Ayasofya Museum. It contains many items from the past such as frescoes and Byzantine paintings.

The wooden houses of Trabzon are also much famous. They are also visited by many of the archeologists. Another Ataturk Museum is found in Rize. It was first a mansion known by the name the Mehmet Matarci Mansion. It contains many ethnographical artifacts and other items from the past era.

The more you explore the Black Sea Region, the more information from the past you will gain. Even if you have come to visit the Black Sea Region for spending vacations, you should explore the history here. This will make you learn new stuff about the people who used to live here. Your holidays will become more interesting.
 
       
  The provinces located in the BlackSea Region are:

Amasya
Artvin
Bartin
Bayburt
Bolu
Cankiri
Duzce
Giresun
Gumushane
Karabuk
Kastamonu
Ordu
Rize
Samsun
Sinop
Tokat
Trabzon
Zonguldak





 
       

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