Izmir Ethnography Museum

Izmir Ethnography Museum

İzmir Etnografya Müzesi
Location	Izmir, Turkey
Coordinates	38°29′09″N 27°09′00″E / 38.485845°N 27.149963°E / 38.485845; 27.149963
Type	Ethnography
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The Izmir Ethnography Museum (Turkish: İzmir Etnografya Müzesi) is an ethnography museum in Izmir, Turkey, containing a number of pieces of clothing and pottery from the Seljuk period of Turkish history onwards. Admission to the museum is free.

The building that now houses the İzmir Ethnography Museum was originally built in 1831 to function as the St. Roche Hospital. The building is four stories high and is made of stone. The museum contain a beautiful collection of colorful displays, including dioramas, photos and information panels. These artifacts demonstrate the local arts, crafts and customs. Various sections in the museum portray subjects as wide-ranging and intriguing as camel wrestling, pottery, tin-plating and felt-making, embroidery. There are also various displays of weaponry, jewelry and a rich collection of illustrated manuscripts.^[1]

The Izmir Ethnography Museum.

A sample of the traditional embroidery on display at the museum.

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Museums in Turkey
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Eastern Anatolia Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum Kars Museum Malatya Museum
Marmara Region Museum of Nationist Forces in Balıkesir Bilecik Museum Bursa Archaeological Museum Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art Çanakkale Archaeological Museum Edirne Museum Gelibolu War Museum Kırklareli Museum Kocaeli Museum Mudanya Armistice House Namık Kemal House Museum Rákóczi Museum Sakarya Museum SEKA Paper Museum Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages For museums in İstanbul see Museums in Istanbul
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Southeastern Anatolia Region Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Kilis Museum Mardin Museum Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum

İzmir
Settlements	Central Districts (İlçe) Balçova Bayraklı Bornova Buca Çiğli Gaziemir Karabağlar Karşıyaka Konak Narlıdere Neighborhoods Alsancak İnciraltı Karataş Kemeraltı
History	Timeline of İzmir Kadifekale Smyrna List of mayors of İzmir
Universities	Dokuz Eylül University Ege University İzmir University of Economics İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University İzmir University Şifa University Yaşar University
Museums and Monuments	Avrasya Anı Evi Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum Çamlık Railway Museum İnciraltı Sea Museum İzmir Archaeology Museum İzmir Art and Sculpture Museum Izmir Ethnography Museum İzmir Toy Museum Atatürk Monument
Mosques	Başdurak Mosque Hisar Mosque Kestanepazarı Mosque Salepçioğlu Mosque Yalı Mosque
Transportation	Adnan Menderes Airport İzdeniz Konak Terminal Pasaport Terminal Karşıyaka Terminal İzmir Alsancak Terminal İzmir Basmane Terminal Halkapınar railway station Egeray Halkapınar Facility İZBAN Rail transport in İzmir Alaybey Basmane Bornova Bölge Çankaya Ege Üniversitesi Evka 3 Halkapınar Hilal Konak Sanayi Stadyum Üçyol
Buildings and structures	Asansör Buca Gölet İzmir Clock Tower İzmir International Fair İzmir Park List of tallest buildings in İzmir
Squares	İzmir Cumhuriyet Square Konak Square
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