Japon hükümetinin "kültürel mirası koruma programı" kapsamında verdiği hibe ile yapılan Kaman Kalehöyük Arkeoloji Müzesi, Japon Prensi Tomohito Mika ve Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı Ertuğrul Günay'ın katılımları ile 2010 yılında açılmıştır. Excavations at Kaman-Kalehöyük
In Anatolia due to its geographical characteristics since ancient time, lots of people and nation have been risen and fallen and
various cultures have been flourished. Especially in Central Anatolia, lots of archaeological remains are still under the ground. Kaman-Kalehöyük is located in Çağırkan village, Kaman of Kırşehir province,140 km southeast of Ankara (the capital of Turkey), and 52 km from the center of Kırşehir. Its diameter is 280 m and its height is 16 m. Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology conducts excavations at Kaman-Kalehöyük by the permission of Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey. Kaman-Kalehöyük Archaeological Museum
Many architectural remains and artifacts dated from the Ottoman period to the Early Bronze Age have been discovered from the Kaman-Kalehöyük excavations since 1986 up to today. A temple, storage facilities and city gates are some of the important archaeological features. The city walls are 1 km long. The granaries found in the Level III are estimated to have been able to feed more than 10.000 people in the Hittite Period. Other findings include tablets, pottery, stamps, stamp seals, painted earthenware, bullae and animal figurines made of bronze, iron, wood, ceramic, copper and bone. Items found in Kaman – Kalehöyük explains Anatolian history and its’ place on the world. These discovered items should not be left in open area for a long time. They should be conserved and restorated, stored in suitable conditions and displayed in a museum located in the closest distance to the excavation area. Turkish and the Japanese Governments decided to construct a museum at Kaman-Kalehöyük as a symbol of the cultural and technical cooperation between the two countries. On April 15, 2008, the construction of the museum had started and on March 16, 2009 the museum was handed over by the Japanese Government to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.