Whan I visited the museum in September 2012 it was closed. Due to damage because of the 2011 earthquakes it was to be moved to another location (I understood: near the Van Kalesi), only the garden was opened. I took quite some pictures there, of some grave stones and Hittite and other ancient artefacts. I will add some captions later, it may take a while because I intend to finish Akdamar pictures first.