Selçuk Efes Museum In 1929, a storehouse was established for the first time in Selçuk and the artifacts unearthed during the excavations and collected from the environs were brought to this storehouse. In 1964, the construction of the south section of the present museum was completed and the artifacts were begun to be exhibited. Since the museum consisting of a few halls was not enough for the findings unearthed every year during the excavations, the south section of the museum was constructed in 1976 and the exhibition areas were enlarged. Selçuk-Ephesus Museum is the most important and the richest museum of Europe with the artifacts it owns and with only the local artifacts it exhibits. Ephesus Museum Tel: (0 232 892 60 10 0 232 892 60 10  892 60 11) is a rich local museum with its very important findings for the Ephesus and Anatolian archeology the majority of which have been brought from the excavations in Ephesus, the Church of St. John, Belevi Mausoleum and the other historical sites in the vicinity. There are artifacts belonging to Mycenaean, Archaic, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantian and Turkish periods. However, the majority of the artifacts belong to the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantian periods. Terrace Houses and the Hall Displaying the House Relics: The findings the majority of which belong to the Roman Age and which were found in the Terrace Houses which were excavated in the last 50 years, are exhibited in the first hall of the museum. On the left hand side are the plans and the excavation photographs of the houses and the artifacts related to medicine and cosmetic are on the first showcase. The house cult and the household utensils are on the second showcase. The most interesting of them is the glass tray. In the front is the Statue of Artemis the Hunter in the niche on the fresco wall brought from the corner of a house and next to it on the left hand side is the Head and the Fresco of Socrates. The bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and the statuettes of the Fertility God Priapos and Bes are on the right hand side of the hall. Three of the most important findings of the museum are exhibited in the middle of the hall. One of them is Eros with Dolphin dated 2nd century AD. Another one is the statue of the Egyptian Priest. The last one is the Roman period copy of the head of the Eros statue of the famous Lysippos.