Aydın’s museum is located next to the indoor sports arena on Gazi Boulevard. It was originally founded in 1968. This modern museum has 1,500 square meters of indoor space and a courtyard and an outdoor exhibition area measuring 3,025 square meters. At the entrance and in the outdoor area, column capitals and works of stone brought here from the city of Tralles are on display.
The interior of the museum consists of three sections in which works are displayed chronologically. The museum’s collection includes a large number of statues, building fragments, terra cotta and metal objects, coins, grave finds, and idols dating from prehistoric, Hittite, Roman, and Byzantine times. Among the more important objects one may see are a bust of Athena, a statue of a Nike, and a bust of Marcus Aurelius.
In the Hall of Ethnographic Works, mostly traditional objects typical of the Aydin region such as garments, accessories, decorative articles, hand tools, weapons, and so on are on display.
The province of Aydin is quite rich in historical remains and as the museum lacks the space to display them all, there are numerous objects in its storerooms.
Some of the most important old bridges built during various periods in Aydin are ilhanoglu Koprusu, Cavus Koprusu, and Karanlik Kopru.