Matxafkii ugu horreeyay ee cilmiga qadiimiga ah ee İzmir waxaa loo furay dadweynaha 1927-kii kaniisadda Ayavukla (Gözlü) ee Tepecik ka dib hawlihii ururinta shaqada ee saddex sano. Matxafka labaad ee cilmiga qadiimiga waxaa la aasaasay 1951kii ee Beerta Dhaqanka.
Matxaf cusub ayaa loo baahnaa sababtoo ah shaqooyin xad dhaaf ah oo laga keenay magaalooyinka qadiimiga ah ee deriska la ah.
Matxaf cusub oo casri ah ayaa laga dhisay aag 5000 m² ah oo ku taal Bahribaba Park ee Konak waxaana madxafka loo furay dadweynaha Febraayo 11-keedii, 1984.
Matxafka waxaa loo aasaasay in uu daboolo baahi kasta oo leh hoolal bandhiga madxafka, shaybaarrada, bakhaarrada, qolalka sawir-qaadista, maktabadaha, iyo hoolalka shirarka. Tirada taallo ee ku yaal dhismaha madxafka iyo beerta ayaa ka badan 1500.
Matxafkan saddex dabaq ah, bandhigga waxaa loo soo agaasimay qaybo.
Hoolka Dabaqa Sare
Shaqooyinka qadiimiga ah ee magaalooyinka qadiimiga ah sida Iasos, Çandarlı (Pitane), Bergama, Bayraklı (Exer İzmir); Natiijooyinka dhoobada ee laga sameeyay carrada karsan ee laga helay İasos dig ee BC III. kun oo xilli hore; dhoobada Anatolia-galbeed ee xilliga Protogeometric iyo Joometri; Gawaadhida Galbeedka Anatolia oo leh sawiro madow iyo casaan ah oo ka tirsan Xilliga Archaic; hydria ee Xilliga Hellenistic; weelasha kala duwan, weelasha dhalooyinka, dhalooyinka, maaskaro, taallo, Myrina (Aliağa) Taallo Eros ayaa dhamaantood lagu soo bandhigay hoolkan. Dahabka, qalinka iyo qurxinta dhagaxa qaaliga ah, alaabta dhalada ah iyo qadaadiicda Archaic, Hellenistic, Rome iyo Byzantine Period iyo naxaasta Demetre qurxinta, alaabta dhalada, qadaadiicda iyo taalada Demetre bronze ayaa lagu soo bandhigay Hoolka Khasnadaha ee dabaqan.
Shaqooyinka marmarka ah ayaa lagu soo bandhigay dabaqa dhexe, kaas oo ah dabaqa laga soo galo matxafka. Sawirro waaweyn, busts, sawir-gacmeedyo iyo waji-xidho muddada u dhaxaysa waqtiyada qadiimiga ah iyo Roman Times ayaa sidoo kale lagu soo bandhigay dabaqan.
