Ikizevler City Museum

Gümüşhane Museum was established in 1998 by expropriating two mansions next to each other, belonging to Erol Karabiber and İbrahim Ömürdağ, dating back to 1920, and restoring them between 2004-2006. The museum building, located approximately 1 km north of the city center, has three floors including the attic. In its garden, stone artifacts from various periods from ancient cities such as Satala Ancient City and Süleymaniye Neighborhood within the borders of Gümüşhane province are exhibited. These artifacts consist of sarcophagi, columns and column capitals, tomb steles, Islamic tombstones, steles with inscriptions and reliefs, and various architectural pieces.

The museum halls consist of 3 sections for display.

Archaeology Section

Coin Section

Ethnographic Work Section

In the archaeology section, it is possible to see the most beautiful examples of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. These are hand axes, cutting and piercing tools, spindle whorls, examples of terracotta ceramics, and lamps. In the coin section, gold, silver, copper and bronze coins from various periods such as Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman are exhibited. The ethnography section is the section where the rich folk culture products of the region are exhibited. Examples of weaving such as carpets and kilims, local clothes, embroidered headscarves, silver jewelry such as headdresses, belts, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings, cigarette holders and plates, copper kitchen vessels such as bowls, pans, ewers, cauldrons and trays, wooden artifacts such as mortars, coffee mills, coffee coolers, clogs, weapons such as swords, daggers, flintlock rifles and pistols are exhibited. In addition to a total of 1191 artifacts, the museum, where the Gümüşhane family life is exhibited, does not charge a fee to visitors.