The Side Museum welcomes its visitors in a Roman bath building in the ancient city of Side which has been restored and turned into a museum. The museum, which was restored between 1959 and 1961 by Ragıp and Selma DEVREZ and opened in 1962, has the title of being the first museum opened in a village in Turkey.

Most of the artifacts in the Side Museum consist of finds discovered by Ord. Prof. Dr. Arif Müfid Mansel, one of the pioneers of Turkish archaeology, during his excavations in the ancient city of Side.

Among the artifacts on display are statues, sarcophagi, inscriptions, reliefs, terracotta, glass, bronze and coins from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods.

The artifacts found in and around Side, one of the most important historical settlements, are so numerous that you should not limit yourself to the closed part of the museum. In the courtyard of the museum you can also see decorated pieces of ancient buildings, sculptures and sundials, one of the oldest ways of knowing the time.

The Side Museum welcomes its visitors in a Roman bath building in the ancient city of Side which has been restored and turned into a museum. The museum, which was restored between 1959 and 1961 by Ragıp and Selma DEVREZ and opened in 1962, has the title of being the first museum opened in a village in Turkey.