The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Turkish: Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi) is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in Ankara, Turkey. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurşunlu Han. Because of Atatürk’s desire to establish a Hittite museum, the buildings were bought upon the suggestion of Hamit Zübeyir Koşay, who was then Culture Minister, to the National Education Minister, Saffet Arıkan.

After the remodelling and repairs were completed (1938–1968), the building was opened to the public as the Ankara Archaeological Museum. The exhibits of gold, silver, glass, marble and bronze works date back as far as the second half of the first millennium BC.

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations reaching the present time with its historical buildings and its deeply rooted history was elected as the first „European Museum of the Year“ in Switzerland on April 19, 1997.

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