T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı İzmir Kültür Sanat Fabrikası

I consider this museum, which I discovered quite unexpectedly through the Lonely Planet guide, to be far more interesting than the İzmir Archaeology Museum. Located in a modern complex (İzmir Kültür Sanat Fabrikası), the museum is organised thematically and is a real treat for anyone who, like me, loves history and archaeology, while also including some more ethnographic sections. The parts I enjoyed the most are on the ground floor, especially the area on the left-hand side, featuring sculptures, sarcophagi and other pieces that are absolutely impressive. As far as museums go, this is by far the most essential one to visit in İzmir. I was genuinely impressed. I would strongly recommend allowing at least one and a half to two hours to explore everything at a relaxed pace.

Very large complex with many museums inside in addition of a library. Archaeological museum is fantastic. Highly recommended. The entrance is from the main street to whole complex. You can use müzekart if you are a resident of Türkiye. Inside there is a café as well and the park is nice to roam around. It was quite on Saturday morning.

Self service museum! Even the museum shop is a vending machine 👍 tickets are 20TL per adult, children free. Nice experience, lost of art and history. Great exhibition displayed on two floors. Abit dark at times. Toilets available on the ground floor.

Good museum, consisted of three parts. When I went there is was empty, only me moving from here and there. I started to feel that all museums are almost the same content, nothing makes this museum so different or nothing adds to my experience, almost the same of archeology museum. I think you need to rethink about "specialising" museums. And work harder on the visitors experience. For sure the displays and statues are magnificent. If you are too much into history and archeology you must visit it.

Lovely museum Two separate buildings Both rich in things to see Entrance is for 10 Euros

This Musem was advertised as to one with the best coins and jewel collections in this area. Unfortunately the pavillon was closed. Anyway there is a good statues, heads and funerary steles collections. Among the best pieces , here you can see the famous janus head. Janus was one of the oldest/primordial roman divinity. It was the god of time flow and the beginning. His head had two faces, one looking at the future the other looking at the past. Very, very nice also the little sleeping eros, the statue of Zeus and Atena once decorating a local temple. Some beautifully crafted heads of women. A couple of sinous and beautifully femminine Aphrodite statues. Outside there is a big park with lot of trees and sideways on the shadow, nice to walk and see. At the center stands the "parachute tower"

It's one of best museums around in izmir. It's very close to Basmane train station. Museums has 3 huge compartments and a wide number of collections all they way from 2Cen Bc to ottoman empire. Museum can be reached from Alsancak easily. Ticket costs around 6TL and if you have museum card that will work. There is also a dedicated section for gladiators and many ancient artifacts. Museum can be easily checked on Google maps and it is located in an open area near to a park.

It is one of the best historical museums we have ever visited. There are a lot of interesting historical, archeological things. It was an adventure in the past times for us. This is the place number one for visiting in Izmir.

The museum of Art and History located in the culture park in Izmir. 5TL entrance fee gets you access to three main buildings: Sculptures, Ceramics, and artifacts. Coins, statues, and pottery are all fantastic to walk around a take in. There are descriptions in English and Turkish, but not a ton of information on the actual items - what they were meant for, used for, or created for to give you more history and substance to your visit. It reminded me of exhibits you'll see while at university. Those that live in the halls of the research department and walk past every day. Same look and feel here. It was completely deserted while I was there, save for the entrance person. The lights for the exhibits come on when you enter the area, which is a bit eerie at first. The statues are the most impressive and you are able to see them up close and personal. Worth a stop if you are walking around the culture park and have 30 minutes and 5TL to spare.