Ephesus Museum, Selçuk, Turkey

The Ephesus Museum (Efes Müzesi) in the town of Selçuk holds the best of the archeological objects excavated at Ephesus, a few artifacts from Ephesus's great Temple of Artemis (the Artemision), and finds from some of the many other significant ancient Hellenic, Hellenistic and Roman cities in the region.

Located near the tourism office in the Selçuk town center, this appealing museum preserves many of the archeological treasures, including sexy stuff such as marble statues of the Anatolian fertility goddess Cybele (Artemis) with rows of egg-like breasts, statuettes of the phallic god Priapus, and that lovely little bronze statuette of a boy on a dolphin which you've probably seen in photos.

The museum makes a good stop after you've visited the Ephesus archeological site, and before you visit the St John Basilica on Ayasoluk Hill nearby.

If you're interested in archeological sites, this region abounds with them. Consider taking spending a day doing the Priene-Miletus-Didyma Tour.

For more on what to see nearby, see the Selçuk homepage.

Ephesus Archeological Site

St John Basilica

Selçuk Town

Sirince

Kusadasi

Priene-Miletus-Didyma Tour

Aegean Region

Where to Go

Above, Cybele/Artemis looking fairly fertile in the Ephesus Museum, Selçuk.