The Adana Archaeological Museum moved to a large purpose-built site on the western bank of the Seyhan in 2017, replacing the cramped older galleries near the bus station. The collection is one of the strongest in southern Turkey and covers everything that has come out of the Çukurova plain — Hittite stelae and reliefs, Late Bronze Age cylinder seals, Phrygian metalwork, Roman sarcophagi, Byzantine mosaics and an unusually good Islamic ceramics gallery.
The standout exhibits are the Karatepe lion reliefs (Hittite, ninth century BCE) and the painted floor mosaic from Misis showing scenes from the Book of Genesis. Allow two hours; the cafe by the entrance has a riverside terrace.