Aphrodisias Museum

     In the Aphrodisias Museum, which was opened in 1979, only works found in Aphrodisias with the excavations are displayed. The major part of the exhibition works consists of monuments. We know that between the first century BC and the fifth century AD, there was a sculptor school in Aphrodisias which produced very high-quality works. The marble came from the marble break­age in a kilometer distance to the north of the city.
The observations of the museum begin to the right of the entrance. The Tondo busts on the wall across the sales tinsel belong to a few famous historical philosophers and state people.
In the room next door, there are statues of Emperors, portrait monuments, portrait busts and an strange sarcophagus with figures representing the seasons. The frescoes, which are displayed in the hallway, belong to the mausoleum of Zoilos, the sec­ond founder of the city, and are dated on the so-called second classic epoch at the time of the Augustus.

 In the Melpomene hall are dressed state men, the tragedy fairy Melpomene, and Apollon stat­ues.
The room in which the boxers and sitting artists are displayed is called the Odeon hall. Before the beginning of the next section, half finished monuments are displayed in the corner. It is a world-famous collection with regard to sculptor technologies and phases.
In front of the windows in a wall display, where the prehistoric findings from Aphrodisias and its surroundings are displayed, the coins and story of Aphrodisias are found.
Coming from a tragic story of the Trojan war are statues of Diskoferos, the young Herakles and Dionysos, which are displayed as weight-bearing satyr sculptures carrying the same name as Achilleus and Pentasilia.
In the middle of the next room there is the cult monument of the mother goddess Aphrodite. Right behind this monument is the statue of the high priest from the Aphrodite temple, Diogenes. And immediately to the right of this is the statue of his wife Claudia Antonia Tatiana. The two monuments to the left are of two priests from times of the Emperor Constantin. The giant statue to the left is representative of the city inhabitants Demos.
Please do not forget to greet the bronze bust of the archaeologist Professor Dr. Kenan T Erim, the great contributor to discovering the city of Aphrodisias, before leaving the museum.