Guide
A museum in Eceabat given over to a single plant: the vine, and what growing it has meant in Anatolia and Thrace. The founders say they set it up to tell a story some nine thousand years long, and that their argument is that the vine is as old in these lands as settlement itself — a founding plant of the cultures here, and the one that taught people to live with nature rather than command it.
The collection is built in two layers, and the museum is open about which is which. Because the originals of the drinking and libation vessels that carry this history are impossible to obtain, full-size copies were commissioned from artists who specialise in replica work, the aim being both to gather the finest Turkish examples of such vessels in one room and to send visitors on to the museums holding the originals. Alongside the replicas the museum also shows a number of genuine pieces from the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Getting there
The museum is at Topçular Sokak No. 42 in the İsmetpaşa neighbourhood of Eceabat, on the Gallipoli side of the strait. It is closed on Mondays.
