Editing Troy (section)

== Current status ==

[[File:Troy composite.jpg|thumb|right|The west side of Troy Ridge. The road from Tevfikiye enters from the right.]]
The Turkish government created the Historical National Park at Troy on September 30, 1996. It contains {{convert|136|km2|sqmi}} to include Troy and its vicinity, centered on Troy.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Historical National Park of Troy | work=Troy Excavations | date=3 August 2019 | url=https://www.troyexcavations.com/troia-tarihi-milli-parki/?l=en | publisher=Ministry of Culture and Tourism | access-date=1 February 2020 | archive-date=9 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809120847/https://www.troyexcavations.com/troia-tarihi-milli-parki/?l=en | url-status=live }}</ref> The purpose of the park is to protect the historical sites and monuments within it, as well as the environment of the region. In 1998 the park was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[[File:Troy (and a trojan horse) (8709942456).jpg|thumb|Wooden Trojan Horse monument in the plaza before the modern gate to the ancient city]]
Public access to the ancient site is along the road from the vicinity of the museum in [[Tevfikiye, Çanakkale|Tevfikiye]] to the east side of Hisarlık. In its square is a large wooden horse monument, with a ladder and internal chambers for use of the public. Bordering the square is the gate to the site. The public passes through turnstiles. Admission is usually not free. Within the site, the visitors tour the features on dirt roads or for access to more precipitous features on railed boardwalks. There are many overlooks with multilingual boards explaining the feature. Most are outdoors, but a permanent canopy covers the site of an early megaron and wall.

[[File:Troy_Museum_9919.jpg|thumb|left|Troy Museum subterranean interior.]]
[[File:Troy Museum 9913.jpg|thumb|Troy Museum aboveground. Most of the entire field in which it sits roofs the underground galleries, work, and storage spaces. These are accessed via ramps not shown. There are also outdoor display spaces.]]
In 2018 the [[Troy Museum]] (Turkish: Troya Müzesi) was opened at Tevfikiye village {{convert|800|m|yards}} east of the excavation. A design contest for the architecture had been won by Yalin Mimarlik in 2011. The cube-shaped building with extensive underground galleries holds more than 40,000 portable artifacts, 2000 of which are on display. Artifacts were moved here from a few other former museums in the region. The range is the entire prehistoric Troad.