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Museums & Art

Explore the diverse cultural landscape of Cappadocia through its specialized museums and historical sites. Visit the multi-level Kaymaklı Underground City, carved into volcanic rock as a refuge, and the Zelve Open-Air Museum, a former troglodyte village. Artistic highlights include the Güray Underground Ceramics Museum’s contemporary works and the unique Hair Museum at Chez Galip. For regional history, the Ürgüp Museum displays local fossils and artifacts, while the Cappadocia Art & History Museum showcases traditional life through an extensive collection of handmade dolls in a restored Greek mansion.

Museums & Art — Mapa
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Zelve Open-Air Museum

This cave town is where Christians and Muslims once lived together. It was abandoned in the 1950s, when life in the caves became too…
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Chez Galip

Truly unusual experience - this pottery shop has a small cave covered with locks of hair donated by 16,000 women.
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Güray Underground Ceramics Museum

This private museum displays historical artifacts as well as works by contemporary ceramic artists.
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Ürgüp Müzesi

Houses archaeological finds ranging from Miocene-era fossils to Hellenistic and Roman pottery. The ethnographic section displays traditional Ottoman-era clothing, jewelry, and hand-woven carpets from the region.
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Kaymaklı Yeraltı Şehri

A vast subterranean complex with eight levels, four of which are accessible. Carved into soft volcanic tuff, it contains stables, a church, communal kitchens, and storage rooms used by early Christians for protection.
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Cappadocia Art & History Museum

Housed in a restored 150-year-old Greek mansion, this private museum features over 2,000 handmade dolls. The collection illustrates Turkish folklore, historical events, and traditional village life through detailed dioramas.
Zelve Open-Air Museum
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Chez Galip
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Güray Underground Ceramics Museum

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