Tarsus Museum stands within the 75th Year Cultural Centre on Muaffak Uygur Caddesi, with the Gözlükule mound to its east. It opened in 1971 in the historic Kubat Paşa medrese in the town centre and moved to its present site in 1999.
Archaeological works are displayed in the basement. Tarsus has been settled since antiquity and holds a rich archaeological inheritance; the works found at Gözlükule are among those shown here. The entrance floor holds ethnographic material of Turkmen life, and a Tarsus house corner has been arranged in this section. The administrative offices are on the upper floor.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Mersin as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 10.4 °C in January to 28.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (137 mm) and lightest in August (7 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
Visiting hours
- Hours
- 08:00 - 19:00
