The Tarsus Museum, which was at the time of research in the process of moving from its former location in the city’s cultural centre to a disused government complex several hundred metres to the northeast, counts in its collection a small but interesting trove of ancient statuary, coins (one of which dates back to the 6th century BC) and other artefacts going back to the Hellenistic period and beyond.
Tarsus Museum
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