Museum of Lycian Civilizations

The Museum of Lycian Civilizations (Turkish: Likya Uygarlıkları Müzesi) is an archaeological museum located in the town of Demre in Turkey and dedicated to Lycian civilization.

The museum is situated on the archaeological site of the ancient city of Andriake and displays no fewer than 1,009 artifacts from excavations in several Lycian cities.

The museum was inaugurated on 25 June 2016 in the presence of the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Nabi Avci.

Description

The museum consists of two parts:

An outdoor part containing the ruins of ancient churches, a synagogue, an underground water cistern and several other monuments.

An indoor part composed of seven large rooms covering an area of 2,400 square metres containing several artifacts found in the Lycian cities of Myra, Andriake (en), Patara, Xanthos, Tlôs, Arykanda, Pinara, Antiphellus and Olympos.

Key facts

Type: archaeological museum
Built: 25 June 2016

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 36.228356, 29.960564Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page is translated from: Musée des civilisations lyciennes (fr.wikipedia.org), as of 30 November 2025

Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.