The Museum of Anatolian civilizations in Ankara was founded by Turkish President Kemal Ataturk in 1921. The Museum is housed in buildings built in the fifteenth century, during the reign of Mehmet the Conqueror, who served as an indoor market and a caravanserai.

In the building of the caravanserai hosted working and serving area of the Museum with the library, working offices, meeting room, laboratory and workshop. Choose the exhibitions are located in a former market in a peculiar niches. It contains artifacts that relate to the history and culture of all peoples living on the land of Anatolia since the Paleolithic. In addition, it also possesses a large collection of Greek and Roman antiquities as well as artifacts related to the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Next in chronological order presents items that were found during excavations related to the Neolithic, bronze age, Assyrian colonization, Hittite and Phrygian reign, the Kingdom of Urartu. The pride of the Museum are finds from the Neolithic, which has about eight thousand years. It is ceramic and earthenware household items, paintings, tools and jewelry. The bronze age is represented by figurines of animals and various items made of gold. The age of the Assyrian trade colonies characterized by clay tablets from the Assyrian inscriptions, which have managed to learn a lot about the facts of this period of history. The Museum presents the findings of the Hittite Board - various statues of gods, animals, vessels. Most of the exhibits Phrygian Kingdom were withdrawn from the Royal burial ground, located on a hill Gordion, which was considered the capital of the Phrygian state. There were various wooden pieces of furniture, ceramic and metal vases, etc.

Now the Museum is fully accessible for visits from foreign tourists, and if you want to hire an English speaking guide. And in 90 years, the Museum of Anatolian civilizations was awarded the title European Museum of the year.