As the museum moved to a much larger building, I here present pictures from both situations. In the old setting light was generally natural light, if only because several objects were in the garden. In the new setting the museum went for the modern style of effect-oriented light, which for some people provides a nice “experience” but in my mind often is at the cost of clarity and visibility. I met two people, one of them knocked on a mosaic. I asked if he was “in charge” and he confirmed this. I complained about the light conditions in some parts, and he told me many visitors preferred it to the old style. He suggested I’d visit the sarcophagi part to see how effective the new approach was. I went there and found the light extremely poor, some of the notices were hardly decipherable. English text in some cases was so bad (they had chosen a less pronounced colour than the Turkish version) that I had to use a torch. Then I was told by a guard this was forbidden. I wondered if they thought light causes a stone sarcophagus to disintegrate. Or was I spoiling the romantic “experience” of the one other visitor? Silly.
I create some sub-galleries for subjects that I have many pictures of. I'm still editing.
Coins
Hittite objects
Bronze Age
Roman and later
Antakya Archaeological Museum Pointed head skull sept 2019 5754.jpg
Antakya Archaeology Museum Cave dwelling sept 2019 5752.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Censer sept 2019 5825.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum sept 2019 5758.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Cypriot zoomorphic vessel sept 2019 5766.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Black dorite bust sept 2019 5772.jpg
Antakya Museum 7580
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Antakya Archaeological Museum Probably idol sept 2019 5780.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Probably idol sept 2019 5781.jpg
Antakya Museum December 2011 2610.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Probably idol sept 2019 5782.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Orthostat sept 2019 5810.jpg
Antakya dec 2008 6506.jpg
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Antakya dec 2008 6510.jpg
Antakya Archaeology Museum Luwic text sept 2019 5968.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Stele sept 2019 5824.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Small box for kohl sept 2019 5829.jpg
Antakya Archaeological Museum Display of specific digs sept 2019 5834.jpg