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THE
ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF UŞAK |
Until the year 1970,
its duty was being a civil servant of the museum in
the structure of Directorate of National Education.
At that time, there was no museum buildings in Uşak.
Services were being carried out at the building of
Public Education and the collected works were being
kept here. In 1966, an idea was suggested to build a
museum in our province; the museum area was
nationalized in the same year and the construction
of the building was started in 1967 and completed in
1969. In 1970, the exhibition and arrangement of the
building was completed and on May 23rd, 1970, it was
opened to service as the Museum Directorate of Uşak.
The sculptures belonging to the Old Bronze Period,
the beak - mouthed ewers and stone - made axes are
being exhibited in a showcase in the exhibition hall.
The works in the other showcases are the earthenware
pots and glass - made works, which have both
remained from the Hellenistic and Roman Periods.
The works, which are open - exhibited in the
exhibition hall, are generally the grave stels, vow
stels and atonement inscriptions belonging to the
Roman Period. Nevertheless, the sculptures brought
from the ruin place names as Blaundus are also in
the same area. In the other showcase of the hall,
gold jewelry, diadems, glass pots, coins belonging
to every period, which are either confiscated or
provided by the citizens and which are provided from
rescue excavations performed by Uşak Museum are
located.
In the remaining part of the exhibition hall, which
is approximately half of the hall, the Lydian
treasures, called as "Karun Treasure",
which were smuggled to the United States from the
surroundings of Uşak in the 2nd half of 1960s and
which were brought back to our country in 1993 as
the result of the case brought by Ministry of
culture, are exhibited.
In the first showcase, silver works collected from
İkiztepe tumulus in 1966; in the second showcase
golden works abducted from Toptepe tumulus in 1965
and in the third showcase the Lydian works provided
from the excavation performed by Uşak Museum in
Basmacı tumulus are exhibited. Besides these works,
the klines in the grave rooms, volutes and grave
doors are exhibited in open area. |
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| Atatürk
and Ethnography Museum |
The building
belonging to Atatürk and Etnography Museum in
Hisarkapı Uluyolu, Bozkurt Quarter of Center of Uşak
Province, has been constructed in 1890s.
This building, which belongs to a respectable family
of Uşak, known as Kaftancızadeler, was used as a
headquarters during the Independence War.
Atatürk, met Greece Army Commander Trikopis in this
building and took his weapon and sword with his
staff consisting of İsmet Pasha (İsmet İnönü),
Halit Akmansu (Dadaylı Halit) and Asım Pasha (Asım
Gündüz). Although commander Trikopis was a slave,
he was welcomed with Turkish hospitality by Atatürk. |
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The building of
museum, which has been nationalized in the middle
of 1970s, has been opened as Atatürk and
Etnography Museum on November 1st 1978.
Regional and ethnographic materials, the
historical carpets of Uşak and kilims of Eşme,
old weapons, clothes, and other works are
exhibited in the entrance part of the two -
floored wooden building. Second floor is
completely designed as Atatürk Museum. The
mirrors belonging to that time, tripods, armchairs,
bedroom of Atatürk and clothes of Atatürk are
here. |
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