Izmir Museum of Commercial History
This is the first commercial history museum in Turkey. The entrance is free to the museum established by Izmir Chamber of Commerce. The first item catching the eye in the entrance is a model of a trading ship which belongs to the 1st century AD. There are many ceramics, earthenware statuettes, seals, glass ware, gold, silver and bronze coins inside the displays, in chronological order, belonging to prehistoric, archaic, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras. Additionally, the museum displays balances and calculators belonging to Ottoman life of commerce, and photographs depicting the commercial life at İzmir in the later times.
