Ethnography Museumvisitor guide.

Every state completing its nation-building process has primarily prioritized national museum projects that research the nation's historical past, gather the material and spiritual values it produced, present these values to society, and thereby endow those values with a national identity. Ankara Ethnography Museum emerged as the concrete result of such a national initiative put forward by the Republic of Türkiye. The architect of the museum was Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu, the contractor Nafiz Kotan Bey of Erzurum, the marble craftsman Hüseyin Avni Efendi, the master caster of bronze reliefs on the dome Master Hakkı, and the chief engineer Bahri Bey. With construction commencing in 1925, the museum building was completed in 1926; following the completion of construction, Hamit Zübeyir Koşay was appointed director on 1.6.1927, which is recognized as the official founding date of Ankara Ethnography Museum. Intense and feverish preparatory work was carried out until Afghan King Amanullah Khan's state visit to our country, and his visit on 27.05.1928 was accepted as the initial opening of the museum, while the museum officially opened to visits by the general public on 18.07.1930. The Mausoleum Section located in the entrance hall served as the temporary resting place for Great Leader Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk for 15 years from November 21, 1938 to November 10, 1953, during which period museum activities were suspended. Following the transfer of Atatürk's remains to Anıtkabir, the museum was reopened to public visits on International Museum Day, May 18, 1956. Following extensive renovation and redisplay works, ten exhibition halls—nine permanent halls: 'Woodwork Hall, Hacı Bayram-ı Veli and Sufism Hall, Manuscripts Hall, Power and Authority Hall, Tile and Porcelain Hall, Ankara House Hall, Metal, Glass and Terracotta Hall, Carpet and Kilim Hall, Elegance and Aesthetics Hall', and one temporary gallery: 'Temporary Exhibition Hall'—display woodwork masterpieces such as door wings, mihrabs, and minbars from the Beylik, Seljuk, and Ottoman periods, Sufi dervish artifacts, handwritten manuscripts and calligraphic panels, warfare equipment, tile and porcelain creations, glass, terracotta, and metalwork, authentic carpet and kilim specimens, and jewelry and traditional folk attire. DOWNLOAD MUSEUM BROCHURE NEARBY MUSEUMS ANKARA REPUBLIC MUSEUM ANKARA MUSEUM OF ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS KAHRAMANKAZAN 15 JULY DEMOCRACY MUSEUM GORDION MUSEUM ANKARA ROMAN BATH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ANKARA PAINTING AND SCULPTURE MUSEUM