Museums in Turkey

Museums in Turkey
Following the proclamation of the Republic, Turkish museums developed considerably, mainly due to the importance Atatürk had attached to the research and exhibition of artifacts of Anatolia. When the Republic of Turkey was proclaimed, there were only the İstanbul Archaeology Museum called the "Asar-ı Atika Müzesi", the Istanbul Military Museum housed in the St. Irene Church, the Islamic Museum (Evkaf-ı Islamiye Müzesi) in the Suleymaniye Complex in Istanbul and the smaller museums of the Ottoman Empire Museum (Müze-i Humayun) in a few large cities of Anatolia.
The Turkish Archaeological Museum (Türk Asar-ı Atikası), which was established during the first years of the Republic, carried out studies to gather, collate, catalogue and protect archaeological and ethnographical finds. In many provinces of Anatolia, monumental buildings such as ancient churches, mosques and caravanserais were restored and converted into museums. Topkapı Palace, which was converted into a museum with the furniture and works of art on the premises, was opened to the public in 1927. The same year, the Islamic Museum was reorganized as the "Museum of Turkish and Islamic Works of Art" and the Mevlana Dervish Lodge in Konya was also converted into a museum.
The construction of the Ankara Ethnographical Museum, the first building designed as a museum, was completed in 1930. New museums were established in Bursa, Adana, Manisa, Izmir, Kayseri, Antalya, Afyon, Bergama, and Edirne. The Hittite Museum, which was established in the Mahmut Pasha Bedesten in Ankara in 1940, was restored and renovated and converted into "Museum of Anatolian Civilizations" in 1968.
Today, there are 99 museum directorates attached to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 151 private museums in 36 provinces and 1,204 private collections.
List of museums
Adana
Adana Archaeological Museum
Adana Cinema Museum
Adana Ethnography Museum
Atatürk Museum
Misis Mosaic Museum
Adıyaman
Adıyaman Archaeological Museum
Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum
Victory Museum
Atatürk's House (Şuhut)
Aksaray
Aksaray Museum
Amasya Museum
Amasya Museum
Ankara
Antalya
Alanya Archaeological Museum
Antalya Museum
Atatürk's House Museum (Antalya)
Artvin
Dikyamaç Museum
Aydın
Aydın Archaeological Museum
Fatma Suat Orhon Museum, Söke
Kuşadası Necati Korkmaz Museum of Micro Miniatures
Nazilli Museum of Ethnography
Balıkesir
Balıkesir National Struggle Museum
Burhaniye National Forces Culture Museum
Tahtakuşlar Ethnography Museum
Bartın
Amasra Museum
Batman
Batman Museum
Hasankeyf Cultural Park
Bayburt
Baksı Museum
Bilecik
Bilecik Museum
Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Museum
Bolu
Bolu Museum
Burdur
Burdur Archaeological Museum
Bursa
Bursa Archaeological Museum
Bursa Atatürk Museum
Bursa Energy Museum
Bursa Forestry Museum
Bursa Karagöz Museum
Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
Iznik Çini Museum
Iznik Museum
Mudanya Armistice House
Çanakkale
Adatepe Olive Oil Museum
Archaeological Museum of Çanakkale
Ceramics Museum of Çanakkale
Troy Museum
Çankırı
Çankırı Museum
Ferit Akalın Radio and Communications Museum
Denizli
Denizli Museum
Diyarbakır
Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library
Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Museum
Diyarbakır Museum
Ziya Gökalp Museum
Düzce
Konuralp Museum
Edirne
Edirne Museum
Elazığ
Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum
Erzincan
Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum
Eskişehir
Eskişehir Aviation Museum
Eskişehir Caricature Museum
Eskişehir Museum
Eskişehir Meerschaum Museum
Eskişehir Wax Museum
İnönü Military Quarter and War Museum
M.S.Ö. Air & Space Museum
Museum of Independence, Eskişehir
Museum of Modern Glass Art, Eskişehir
Museum of woodworking
Tülomsaş Museum
Gaziantep
Gaziantep Mevlevi Culture and Foundation Works Museums
Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology
Zeugma Mosaic Museum
Giresun
Giresun Museum
Hatay
Hatay Archaeology Museum
İskenderun Naval Museum
Isparta
Isparta Museum
Iğdır
Iğdır Genocide Memorial and Museum
İstanbul
İzmir
Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Center
Avrasya Anı Evi (Eurasia Memorial House)
Bergama Museum
Çamlık Railway Museum
Çeşme Museum
Natural History Museum of Ege University
İzmir Archaeological Museum
İzmir Atatürk Museum
İnciraltı Sea Museum
İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum
Izmir Ethnography Museum
İzmir Toy Museum
Ödemiş Museum
Tire City Museum
Kahramanmaraş
Kahramanmaraş Archaeology Museum
Kahramanmaraş Liberation Museum
Karaman
Karaman Museum
Karabük
Karabük Kardemir Iron-Steel Museum
Kars
Boğatepe Cheese Museum
Kars Museum
Kastamonu
Kastamonu Ethnography Museum
Kayseri
Kayseri Archaeology Museum
Kırıkkale
Kırıkkale MKE Weapons Industry Museum
Kırşehir
Kırşehir Museum
Kilis
Kilis Museum
Kocaeli
Kocaeli Museum
SEKA Paper Museum
Osman Hamdi Bey Museum
Konya
Akşehir Museum
Ereğli Museum
Konya Archaeological Museum
Konya Ethnography Museum
Mevlana Museum
Sahip Ata Museum
Kütahya
Kütahya Archaeological Museum
Malatya
Camera Museum
Malatya Museum
Manisa
Akhisar Museum
Manisa Archaeological Museum
Mardin
Mardin Museum
Mersin
Muğla
Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archeology
Marmaris Archeological Museum
Milas Museum
Muğla Museum
Zeki Müren Art Museum, Bodrum
Nevşehir
Nevşehir Museum
Niğde
Niğde Archaeological Museum
Ordu
Ordu Ethnographical Museum
Osmaniye
Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum
Osmaniye City Museum
Rize
Rize Atatürk Museum
Sakarya
Sakarya Museum
Samsun
Alaçam Exchange Museum
Samsun Atatürk Museum
Sinop
Sinop Museum
Sivas
Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum
Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum
Tekirdağ
Kutman Wine Museum
Namık Kemal House Museum
Rákóczi Museum
Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
Tokat
Tokat Museum
Trabzon
Hagia Sophia, Trabzon
Trabzon Museum
Sumela Monastery
Uşak
Uşak Museum of Archaeology
Yozgat
Yozgat Museum
References
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