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Forbes Reveals Türkiye's 10 Fascinating Hidden Museums

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Forbes magazine has announced Türkiye's 10 little-known but impressive museums. Writer Joe Yogerst listed the collections in unique museums from all corners of Türkiye that bear the traces of the country's history and unique destinations where cultural heritage and art combine. The list includes some of the most unknown museums in Türkiye, which have entered the Guinness Book of Records and are described as the most creative museums in Türkiye. 

Let's delve more into the topic and see the 10 most impressive museums in Türkiye👇

Source: Forbes

1. The Baksı Museum (Bayraktar, Bayburt)

1. The Baksı Museum (Bayraktar, Bayburt) Görseli

The Baksı Museum is located on a lush green hill overlooking the Çoruh Valley in the village of Bayraktar. The village, formerly known as Baksı, is 45 kilometers outside of Bayburt in the Eastern Black Sea region. Opened in July 2010, the museum was founded by the famous artist Hüsamettin Koçan. 

The building, which attracts attention with its modern architecture, was awarded by the Council of Europe. The museum brings together modern Turkish art and traditional handicrafts.  

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2. Troy Museum (Tevfikiye, Canakkale)

2. Troy Museum (Tevfikiye, Canakkale) Görseli

The Troy Museum, where mythology and history are intertwined, officially opened its doors to visitors in March 2019. Located in the Tevfikiye Village of Çanakkale, this unique museum is located right at the entrance of the Ancient City of Troy, which was included in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO in 1998. 

The museum exhibits artifacts unearthed from excavations in and around Troy. In addition, all the artifacts in the “Çanakkale Archaeology Museum” are also waiting for visitors in Troy.

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Source: Turkish Archaeological News

3. Istanbul Cinema Museum

Located in the building where the Atlas Cinema used to be, the museum takes you on a journey through the nostalgia-filled scenes of Yeşilçam movies in Beyoğlu. Even being inside the neoclassical building built in 1870 can give you a sense of time travel. 

You should also know that the Atlas Passage was renovated in 1932 and turned into an entertainment and art center. In addition, the Passage contains one of the largest movie theaters in Beyoğlu with the Atlas Cinema, which opened in 1948 with a capacity of 1,860 people. 

It would not be wrong to call the Istanbul Cinema Museum “the gateway to the legends of Turkish cinema”. 

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Source: AKM

4. CerModern (Ankara)

CerModern, named one of “Türkiye's most creative” art galleries by Forbes, has become the center of contemporary art with the restoration of the train station. 

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5. Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum (Izmir)

Çamlık Steam Locomotive Museum, built on the Izmir-Aydın Railway line, is the oldest railway line in the country. It is also very close to the ancient city of Ephesus. Çamlık Train Station, which was closed with the regulation of the railway line between İzmir and Aydın, dates back to 1866. 

Unique locomotive collections await visitors in the land owned by TCDD. 

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Source: About Visit İzmir

6. Chez Galip Hair Museum (Avanos, Nevsehir)

This time we are traveling to Cappadocia. Cappadocia is Türkiye's fairy chimneys and has a deep-rooted history dating back centuries BC. Here is the “Hair Museum”, founded by pottery master Galip Körükçü in the Avanos district of Nevşehir. 

The museum's journey began in 1979 when Körükçü hung on the wall a lock of hair he cut from the hair of a French tourist who visited his workshop. Over time, the workshop, overflowing with the hair hung on the wall by visitors, turned into a museum. The museum, which contains tens of thousands of women's hair samples, was included in the Guinness Book of Records in 1998. 

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Source: Kapadokya Tanıtım

7. Sakip Sabanci Museum (Istanbul)

The mansion, which dazzles visitors with its unique view of Istanbul's Bosphorus, was built in 1925. Today, the mansion opens its doors to visitors as the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, where artifacts from the Ottoman period are on display. 

The museum hosts a rich collection of book arts, calligraphy, painting, furniture, decorative arts and archaeological artifacts.  

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Source: Turkish Museums 

8. Zeugma Mosaic Museum (Gaziantep)

Zeugma Mosaic Museum has an area of 30 thousand square meters with its exhibition and conference hall. Block A of the museum contains mosaics brought from the ancient city of Zeugma, Block B contains Eastern Roman period church mosaics discovered during excavations in and around Gaziantep, and Block C contains conference and foyer areas. 

The museum hosts the famous “Gypsy Girl” mosaic excavated from the ancient city of Zeugma, one of the largest mosaic collections in the world.

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9. Kenan Yavuz Ethnographic Museum (Demirözü, Bayburt)

The Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum, which attracts attention with its traditional architectural structures, also sheds light on the rural life and culture of Anatolia. In addition to handicrafts, objects used in daily life are also exhibited in the museum. 

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10. Beypazari Turkish Bath Museum (Beypazari, Ankara)

We cannot talk about history, art and culture without mentioning the Turkish baths! The last museum on the list is the Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum, which was opened to visitors as a restoration of a 15th-century Turkish bath. 

Be sure to visit Beypazari to discover the Turkish bath culture and history. 

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Source: Kültür Portalı

Forbes also announced the best of Türkiye by saying “Türkiye has four of the most exclusive collections in the world”.

  • Treasures of Topkapi Palace from the Ottoman period, 

  • Priceless antiquities in the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, 

  • Roman ruins in the site museum at Ephesus, 

  • More than 10,000 years of Eastern Mediterranean history exhibited at the Antalya Museum has been cited as “four of the world's most outstanding collections”.