Tokat Museum

Museums in Tokat are free with the decision of the governorship. A museum with rich content. It is a wonderful museum that tells about animation, culture and history. It tells its history dating back 7-8 thousand years.

It is a place that I like with its building and interior. The street it is on is already beautiful. I think it should be visited when you come to Tokat.

It was quite satisfying, I liked the visuals, explanations and presentations. It would be great if directions could be made within the museum according to a single historical order. The museum opens at 8:30 am. The city museum is right across the street, it opens at 9 am, if you come early in the morning, you can give priority here. If museum officials are reading it, I have a recommendation for them. I was the only person to visit the museum in the morning, and the cleaning lady followed me, thanks. At the very least, it would be nice if the staff members were reminded that they can do a study according to the visitors, not their own routines. I am writing here because I do not want them to have a bad start to the day by reminding them at that time because they start working early in the morning.

You can find many works of Tokat in it. You can also examine the history of Tokat from past to present. It is a place you should definitely see when you come to Tokat. Do not pass through Tokat without seeing Yazmacılar Han, Sulu Sokak and the museum.

Museum studies in Tokat first started in 1926, when retired teacher Halis Turgut CİNLİOĞLU stored the historical artifacts he collected from the environment in Gökmedrese, an Anatolian Seljuk madrasah, a 13th century structure. Tokat Museum, which is a group of mixed museums where archaeological and ethnographic artifacts and coins are exhibited, was moved from Gökmedrese, where it has been serving since 1926, to Tokat Bedesten in Sulu Sokak. Tokat Museum, whose exhibition and arrangement works are carried out in the Bedesten building with the understanding of contemporary museology, was officially opened to visitors on 18 September 2012. Tokat Bedesten, which is used as a museum building today, is located in Sulu Sokak, the city center of Tokat. It is thought that the building, which does not have an inscription giving the date of its construction, may have been built during the reign of Sultan Mehmed I in the 15th century due to its architectural features. Tokat Bedesten consists of a total of three volumes, with the covered bazaar section in the middle and the arasta units on the east and west facades. Bedesten section is divided into nine units with four double piers and each unit is covered with a dome. The covered bazaar, which is entered through the doors on the north and south facades, has another door opening to the arastas on the east and west. In the arasta section, which is lower than the bedesten walls, there are twenty shops facing each other. In the Tokat Bedesten, which was built with rubble stone and brick materials, bricks were used for the arches and the upper cover. Bedesten section of Tokat Bedesten, also known as Arastalı Bedesten, was arranged as an archeology hall. Artifacts belonging to many civilizations that lived in the city of Tokat, whose history dates back to 4000 BC, are exhibited in the archeology hall of our museum. Archaeological works of our museum; Maşathöyük excavation finds in the Yalınyazı Town of Zile District, the excavation finds still in progress in the Komana Ancient City, the finds obtained during the rescue excavations carried out by the museum, the artifacts found in the towns and villages of our province were acquired by donation, purchase or confiscation. are available. Among the important artifacts exhibited in the archeology hall of our museum are the Hittite tablets from the Maşathöyük excavation, the sword from the Hellenistic Period and the bronze sculpture group consisting of the sacred animals of Apollo, Poseidon, Nike and the gods from the Roman Period. The coin section of the Tokat Museum is located in the archeology hall. Our museum has an important place among Anatolian museums in terms of the number and variety of coins it has. The majority of our coin collection consists of the Anatolian Seljuk period coins found in the salvage excavation made by our Museum in Niksar in 1982. The importance of this hoard, which consists entirely of silver coins, is due to the diversity of the cities in which it was minted and the sultans to which it belonged, as well as its numerical significance. Another important part of our coin collection consists of Ottoman and Venetian gold coins, which came out in 1985 during the additional construction excavation of the current Provincial Building. Also; Our museum has a very wide collection in terms of diversity, consisting of coins belonging to all civilizations that ruled in Tokat, starting from the first coins minted in history, the electron group coins, until the end of the Ottoman Empire.

The exhibition of Anatolian Sergek coins, which was destroyed in 1308, was very interesting because it cannot be seen in Japan. Other collections such as clothes and accessories, as well as Roman bronze statues and Hellenistic swords are worth seeing. After seeing the exhibition, when I went outside, a brass band from a nearby school gave a welcome performance. The performances of the brass band wearing a Turkish blue blazer echoed in the deep blue Turkish blue sky. Warm locals. I love Tokat. It was the best. thank you.

A small but beautiful museum. Free admission. It is among the must-see places, especially when it comes to Tokat. Arrival street is also very beautiful.