Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara was founded by Turkish President Kemal Ataturk in 1921. The museum is located in buildings that were constructed in the fifteenth century, which during the reign of Mehmet the Conqueror were covered market and caravanserai.

The building caravanserai posted operating and maintenance area of ​​the museum with a library, office, conference room, laboratory and workshop .  Sami exhibition are located on the territory of the former market distinctive niches .  It contains exhibits that are related to the history and culture of all peoples living in the land of Anatolia from Paleolithic times .  In addition, it contains a large collection of ancient Greek and Roman historical values, as well as items related to the Byzantine and Ottoman Empire .  Next chronologically the items that were found during excavations related to the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Assyrian colonization, Hittite and Phrygian reign, the kingdom of Urartu .  The pride of the museum are the finds of the Neolithic period, which has about eight thousand years .  This ceramic pottery and household items, decorated with pictures, tools and ornaments .  The Bronze Age is represented by statues of animals and a variety of products from gold .  The era of the Assyrian trade colonies characterized by clay tablets with the Assyrian inscriptions, by which managed to learn much about the facts of this period of history .  The museum presents the findings of the Hittite and the board - various figurines of gods, animals and vessels .  Most of the exhibits of the Phrygian kingdom were taken from the royal cemetery, which is situated on a hill Gordion, considered the capital of the Phrygian state .  There are a variety of wooden furniture, ceramic and metal vases, etc. . 

Now the museum is fully equipped for foreign tourists visiting it, and if you want to hire an English-speaking guide. And in the 90 years Anatolsky Civilizations Museum was named the best European Museum of the Year.