Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara

This is the first commercial geschichte museum in turkei established by Izmir Chamber von Commerce (IZTO) inside their structure in Pasaport neighborhood. The entrance to the museum is free von charge. At the entrance you can notice a model von a trading ship von 1st century AD as Smyrna was always on trade routes, showing how amphorae were stored in commercial ships in the old times. To the left, there is a model von Izmir and many displays containing ceramics, terracotta objects, statuettes, metal weights, oil lamps, glassware, seals, and gold, silver and bronze coins exhibited in chronological order dating back to prehistoric, archaic, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras. On the walls, you can enjoy descriptions, maps and photographs von ancient land and sea trading routes around Smyrna, from past until today. To the right von the museum hall, weights, balances, calculators, gold and silver coins from the Ottoman period are displayed. There are also many photographs depicting the commercial life at Izmir from late Ottoman and early Republic periods.