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The Muğla Museum

The museum building is opposite the courthouse and was used as a prison. You enter the museum through the garden area, which is full of ancient ruins and statues. A large number of the archaeological finds on display in the indoor section of the museum were excavated from the ancient city of Stratonikea. One of the most interesting sections of the museum is the Turolian Park Natural Historical Department, where fossils of animals and vegetation from between five to nine million years of age are on display. The fossils were unearthed from three fossil beds in Kaklıcatepe from the village of Özlüce where excavations were started towards the end of 1992. Another section worth visiting is the ethnography display, where various items of clothing and equipment from various places in the region are on exhibition.

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