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.

İstanbul Archaeology Museum

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.[1]

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)

Amasya Museum

• Amasya Museum

Ankara

• Anıtkabir
• Ankara Aviation Museum
• Erimtan Museum
• Ethnography Museum of Ankara
• Feza Gürsey Science Center
• Gordion Museum
• Gökyay Association Chess Museum
• İşbank Museum
• Kiosk Museum
• METU Science and Technology Museum
• Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
• Museum of Turkish Aeronautical Association
• Pembe Köşk
• Rahmi M.Koç Museum (Ankara)
• Republic Museum (Cumhuriyet Müzesi)
• Roman Baths of Ankara
• Stamp Museum
• State Art and Sculpture Museum
• TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum
• Ulucanlar Prison Museum
• War of Independence Museum
• Vakıf Museum

Antalya

• Alanya Archaeological Museum
• Antalya Museum
• Atatürk's House Museum (Antalya)

Artvin

• Dikyamaç Museum

Aydın

• Aydın Archaeological Museum

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
• Mudanya Armistice House

Çanakkale

• Adatepe Olive Oil Museum
• Çanakkale Archaeological Museum
• Troy 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 Museum of Archaeology

Giresun

• Giresun Museum

Hatay

• Hatay Archaeology Museum
• İskenderun Naval Museum

Isparta

• Isparta Museum

İstanbul

• Adalar Museum
• Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul
• Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library
• Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library
• Anadoluhisarı
• Aşiyan Museum
• Atatürk Museum
• Istanbul Aviation Museum
• Aynalıkavak Palace
• Beylerbeyi Palace
• Chora Church
• Doğançay Museum
• Dolmabahçe Palace
• Fenerbahçe Museum
• Galatasaray Museum
• Great Palace Mosaic Museum
• Hagia Sophia
• Ihlamur Palace
• Istanbul Archaeology Museums
• Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum
• Istanbul Modern
• Istanbul Naval Museum
• Istanbul Railway Museum
• İstanbul State Art and Sculpture Museum
• İstanbul Toy Museum
• Istanbul UFO Museum
• Istanbul Zoology Museum
• Işbank Museum
• Jewish Museum of Turkey
• Kandilli Earthquake Museum
• Küçüksu Palace
• Madame Tussauds Istanbul
• Maslak Palace
• Mehmet Akif Literature Museum Library
• Natural History Museum of İhsan Ketin
• Istanbul Military Museum
• Museum of Illumination and Heating Appliances
• Pammakaristos Church
• Pera Museum
• Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center
• Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art
• Rahmi M. Koç Museum
• Rezan Has Museum
• Rumelihisarı
• Sadberk Hanım Museum
• Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum
• Sakıp Sabancı Museum
• SantralIstanbul Energy Museum
• SantralIstanbul
• The Museum of Innocence
• Topkapı Palace
• Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
• Women's Museum İstanbul
• Yıldız Palace

İzmir

• Ahmed Adnan Saygun Arts Centre
• 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

Konya

• Akşehir Museum
• Ereğli Museum
• Konya Archaeological Museum
• Konya Ethnography Museum
• Mevlana Museum
• Sahip Ata Museum

Kütahya

• Kütahya Archaeological Museum

Malatya

• Malatya Museum

Manisa

• Akhisar Museum
• Manisa Archaeological Museum

Mardin

• Mardin Museum

Mersin

• Anamur Museum
• Emirler Picnic Area and Museum
• Erdemli Yörük Museum
• Mersin Archaeological Museum
• Mersin Museum
• Mersin Atatürk Museum
• Mersin Naval Museum
• Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum
• Mersin Urban History Museum
• Mersin Water Museum
• Narlıkuyu Museum
• Saint Paul's Church, Tarsus
• Silifke Museum
• Silifke Atatürk Museum
• Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum
• Tarsus Museum
• Taşucu Amphorae Museum
• Taşucu Atatürk Museum

Muğla Museum

• Milas Museum
• Muğla Museum

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

Uşak

• Uşak Museum of Archaeology

Yozgat

• Yozgat Museum

References

1. "Türkiye özel müze zengini". Sabah (in Turkish). 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2013-03-04.