Van Museum

The Van Museum or Urartu Museum is a museum located in the city of in eastern . It showcases on 13,000 m2 a large archaeological and ethnographic record of human life and cultural development in the region from eastern Anatolia’s Stone Age to the present.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 8:00 AM—6:30 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in İpekyolu District
  • Also known as: “Urartu Museum” and “Urartu Müzesi”
  • Address: Van, İpekyolu
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Van Castle and Süleyman Han Mosque.

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The Fortress of Van is a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu during the 9th to 7th centuries BC, and is the largest example of its kind. is situated 290 metres west of Van Museum.

Mosque
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is situated 510 metres west of Van Museum.

Railway station
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is the main railway station in , . Up until July 2015, the Trans-Asia Express, from , , stopped at the station. The train would continue to the Van Pier, where passengers would travel to Tatvan via ferry, and the western half of the train would continue to . is situated 4 km northeast of Van Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuşba and Van.

Town
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is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,948 km2, and its population is 163,301. The district was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district . is situated 3 km east of Van Museum.

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is a city in in Turkey. It's on the eastern shore of Lake near the border with Iran, so for Iranians it's an unlikely Reno, a holiday break from their restrictive theocracy.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046. The district was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district . is situated 4½ km east of Van Museum.

Van Museum

Latitude
38.50394° or 38° 30′ 14″ north
Longitude
43.34365° or 43° 20′ 37″ east
Open location code
8HC5G83V+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 895580700
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4103428
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yakut—“Van Museum” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վանի թանգարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Van Muzeyi”
  • French: “musée de Van”
  • French: “Musée de Van”
  • Portuguese: “Museu de Vã”
  • Russian: “Ванский музей”
  • Spanish: “Museo Urartu”
  • Turkish: “Van Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ванський музей”
  • Uzbek: “Van muzeyi”
  • Yakut: “Ван түмэлэ”

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Highlights include Şeyh Abdurrahman Gazi Mosque and Van-K’aghaghak’amej.

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