Kaman Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum

There are over 100 mounds identified and registered in Kırşehir; these offer evidence that Kırşehir was used as a settlement in every period of history. Kalehöyük is in the Kaman district of Kırşehir. The Kaman Kalehöyük Archaeological Excavation began in 1986; excavations conducted in Kalehöyük, a typical Anatolian mound, offered insight into the earliest settlement history of Kırşehir, dating from the Early Bronze Age. The Kaman Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum (Kaman Kalehöyük Arkeoloji Müzesi) is next to the excavation site. Inspired by the rounded form of the Kalehöyük mound, the museum itself is built in the form of a mound. The design allows visitors to observe the excavation methods and the artifacts unearthed at the same time. Next to the Kaman Kalehöyük Archaeology Museum (Kaman Kalehöyük Arkeoloji Müzesi) is the Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology. The institute was established to conduct archaeological excavations and analyse information and artifacts obtained from research and excavations. Adjacent to the excavation quarters is the Japanese Garden (Mikasanomiya Memorial Garden), the largest such botanical garden outside Japan, built by Japanese archaeologists working in Kalehöyük.