The Van Museum

The Van Museum consists of two floors, with archaeological artifacts on the first floor and ethnographic artifacts on the second floor. In the garden of the museum, there is a rich collection of stone stelae, scrolls, engravings of the god Teisheba from the Urartu period, tombstones in the form of goats and sheep belonging to the Akkoyun and Karakoyun, and a rich collection of stones from the Seljuk period. In the hall of archaeological artifacts, there are prehistoric finds of obsidian and bone tools, ceramics and artifacts from the Urartu Period from the Tilkitepe and Kızdamı regions. In addition, grave finds from the excavation of the Necropolis of Karagündüz, pots and pans, bronze helmets, swords, arches, kitchen utensils and wall mosaics made of baked earth from the excavations of Çavuştepe, Toprakkale, Van Castle, Anzaf Fortresses and Ayanis Castle are exhibited.