The Archaeology and Ethnography Museum in the centre of Hacıbektaş opened in 1988, and what it holds comes almost entirely from one excavation: Sulucakarahöyük, within the district, dug between 1967 and 1976 by Professor Kemal Balkan of Ankara University's Faculty of Languages, History and Geography.
The finds run from the Early Bronze Age through the Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman and East Roman periods, shown alongside Ottoman-period ethnographic material particular to the district and a collection of coins. The museum was repaired and redisplayed between 2009 and 2011.
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- Summer (1 April – 1 October) 08:00–19:00, closed Monday · Winter (1 October – 1 April) 08:00–17:00, closed Monday
Entry fee
- Entry fee
- Free
When to go
- Climate
- Across Nevşehir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -0.1 °C in January to 21.4 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (58 mm) and lightest in August (8 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
