Unearth the Legends of the Ancient World

The Troy Museum was designed as a free-entry, single-stage national architectural project. Construction began in 2013 after a competition, and the museum was completed and opened to visitors in 2018. The museum is affiliated with the Çanakkale Museum Directorate.

The Troy Museum uses artifacts unearthed from archaeological excavations to tell the story of the cultures that once inhabited the Troas Region, which is famous for being the setting of Homer's Iliad.

Chalcolithic Gülpınar, Ugurlu-Zeytinlik and Yenibademli in Imbros (Gökçeada), Tenedos (Bozcaada), and Lapseki (Gökçeada). There are also artifacts from the region's tumuli, especially the settlements of Lampsakos and the Dardanos Tumulus.

This section of the exhibition explores the Bronze Age periods of Troy in chronological order, describing the city's layers and stages of development.

It also discusses Bronze Age crafts, daily life, and environmental relations, and highlights some production styles that have been inherited to the present day. Important works in this section include the Aleksandu Treaty, the Luwian Seal, the Warrior Figurine, and the Rython.

This floor of the Troy Museum explores how the Iliad and the Epic of the Trojan War influenced the oral tradition, faith, politics, architecture, and art of the region from the Archaic Age to the Eastern Roman Empire.

In this section, the mythology of Troy, the parties and heroes of the war are explained impressively with visuals, three-dimensional plans and videos.

This floor of the Troy Museum houses many works from the Hellenistic and Roman periods, including the Polyxena Sarcophagus, one of the museum's most important pieces, and statues of Roman emperors.

A sarcophagus from the satrapy period, when the Persians dominated Troas, was discovered in the Kızöldün area of Gümüşçay in 1994. The sarcophagus is decorated with a relief scene of the sacrifice of Polyxena, the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy.

The "Lost Heritage" section on this floor tells the story of the excavation of the Ancient City of Troy, which has been ongoing since 1863. It features visuals of treasures that were smuggled from Troy.

The exhibition, which is organized in chronological order from the ground floor to the upper floor, ends on this floor with works from the Ottoman period and the tombstone of Zabit Namzedi Halim Efendi, a martyr of March 18, 1915.

If you enjoyed the Troy Museum collection, click this link to view the important sculptures from the collection of the Istanbul Archaeological Museums.