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Corum Museum has opened 72 historical artifacts to visitors for the first time in the “From Spear to Gunpowder” exhibition, bringing together weapons and tools that trace a long technological line from ancient spearheads to Ottoman-era firearms.
Organized by the Corum Museum Directorate as part of Museums Week, the exhibition presents objects dating from the Early Bronze Age to the Late Ottoman period. It will remain open to visitors until June 6.
The exhibition offers a compact look at how weapons changed over thousands of years.
Among the objects on display are stone axes, spearheads, arrowheads and other weapons from around 5,000 years ago, as well as swords and firearms from later periods. According to museum archaeologist Mucahit Corduk, none of the 72 artifacts had previously been brought to light for public display.
Corduk said several of the archaeological pieces were discovered during excavations at important sites in the region, including Eskiyapar, Alacahoyuk, Sapinuva and Hattusa.
Other objects, he added, were brought to Corum Museum from different areas, widening the scope of the exhibition beyond a single excavation site.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Corum Museum Director Metin Cakar said the 2026 theme for Museums Week had been set as “Museums that unite a divided world.”
He said museums were not only places that preserve traces of the past, but also living institutions that build bridges between cultures, bring different voices together and help shape a shared human consciousness.
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“Every work, every object represents a story, an identity and a value stretching from the past to the present. As museum professionals, we carry an important responsibility not only to protect this heritage, but also to make sense of it, share it and pass it on to future generations,” Cakar said.
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