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The Aksaray Museum building with its pyramid-roofed corner towers, behind a lawn and a pergola
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Culture · Ihlara & Aksaray · Aksaray Merkez

Aksaray Museum

Aksaray Müzesi

The regional museum of Aksaray, with finds from Aşıklı Höyük, one of the oldest villages in Anatolia, and a hall of mummies found in the region.

  • Closed now Opens today at 09:00
  • Ticket Free
  • Visit ~45 min–1.3 h

Directions See it on the Ihlara & Aksaray map

Build a day-by-day plan with closing-day warnings and ticket totals.

What to see

The galleries run from the Neolithic settlement of Aşıklı Höyük through the Bronze Age, Roman and Byzantine periods to the Seljuk era of the city.

Allow an hour.

Closed on Mondays; the ministry page lists it as free.

Getting there

On the edge of Aksaray, a short taxi ride from the centre and the bus station.

Transport lines are general directions, not checked against the operator's timetable.

Open in OpenStreetMap See it on the Ihlara & Aksaray map

Nearby

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Eat & drink nearby

Restaurants

Cafés

  • Perla Cafe Café · ~250 m (straight line) 4.7 on Yandex (12 reviews)
  • Müze Cafe Aksaray Café · ~200 m (straight line) 4.1 on Yandex (9 reviews)
  • Harman Büfe Kafe Café · ~600 m (straight line) 4.6 on Yandex (19 reviews)
  • Aloha Gezgin Kafe Café · ~700 m (straight line) 4.3 on Yandex (4 reviews)

Bakeries

Listings from ilçemde, our sister directory; ratings from the map service shown. We don't rank by payment. Nearer places come first (within 300 m, then 700 m), then ratings weighted by how many reviews they have. Opening hours can change; “Open now” uses Istanbul time.

Where to stay nearby

ilçemde shows no Ministry-licensed count for Aksaray; its page still lists hotels and guesthouses in the district.

Hotels and guesthouses in Aksaray ↗

Accommodation lists open on ilçemde, our sister directory of Turkish businesses (new tab). We do not take bookings or commissions.

Pharmacies on duty tonight in Aksaray ↗ The list changes every day; on-duty pharmacies stay open when the others are closed.

About this page

Location: OpenStreetMap — Aksaray Müzesi (way/359634500; Nominatim, 01.10.2026). Ticket, hours and closing days: only from the operator's own pages; anything we could not confirm there is marked “Not verified”. Last checked 30 Sep 2026.