Mustafa Ayaz Foundation
Museum of Plastic Arts
The museum displaying the works of Mustafa
Ayaz from different periods has approximately
5.000 meter square usage area. Apart from
museum stories, there are also art galery,
workshop, library, souvenir store and cafe in
the building.
Periodical exhibitions of local and foreign
artists are held at Mustafa Ayaz Art Gallery
located in the basement floor of the museum
while the prep for fine arts faculties, painting,
sculpture and ceramic courses are organized
at the workshops.
Address: Ziyabey Cad. No: 25 Balgat/ANK.
Phone: (312) 285 89 98 Faks: (312) 286 29 89
Visiting Days: Everday except from Mondays.
Open between: 10.00- 18.00
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The 100th Anniversary
Museum of Ankara
Olgunlaşma Institute
It was established on November 24, 1981
on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of
the birth of Atatürk as an affiliate of Ankara
Advanced Technical School (Olgunlaşma
Institute) for girls. The museum was founded
in order to protect the ethnographical works
which fell into oblivion, keep these alive,
inherit them to the future generations and to
promote Turkish culture and handcrafts to
local and foreign visitors of the school.
The museum inspected by the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of
Monuments and Museums, consists of three
sections. Majority of works are beloning
to the late Ottoman Period. First section
includes silver objects and jewellery, second
section includes fine and delicate handcrafted
embroideries while the last part plays host to
the hall of honor including the photographs of
Atatürk and museum journal.
Address: Ankara Olgunlaşma Enstitüsü Atatürk
Bulvarı No: 41 Sıhhiye-ANK.
Phone: (312) 324 32 65 Faks: (312) 309 48 92
Visiting Days: Everday except from Saturdays and
Sundays
Open between: 09.00–12.00/13.30–16.00
The METU Museum of
Archaeology
The Middle East Technical University (METU)
Museum of Archaeology is was established
in 1960s as Turkey’s first university museum
upon the vision Mr. Kemal Kurdaş who at
the time was the rector of the METU. The
idea of founding a museum emerged when
excavations began in an archaeological site
inside the university campus. Ahlatlıbel was
the first excavation of the Turkish Republic
and it was personally initiated by Atatürk. The
museum was established in 1969 in order to
display the archaeological findings unearthed
in Yalıncak excavations which began in 1962
and other artifacts found in the Phrygian
tumulus excavations carried out by METU
again in Ankara between 1967 and 1968.
Artifacts unearthed from the excavations
held in the Koçumbeli and Yalıncak centers
are displayed in the mezzanine floor of the
museum. Majority of artifacts coming from
Koçumbeli consist of pottery samples, stone
and bone tools, idols, animal figurines, discs
and stamp seals dated 2.500-2.300 B.C.
meanwhile the remains unearthed during
Yalıncak excavations reveal that there has
been settlements in this region since 7th
century B.C. until today. You will have the
opportunity to see the potteries and coins
displayed in a chronological order. Artifacts
unearthed from the Phrygian necropolis which
is located inbetween the METU compound
and the Atatürk Forest Farm and Bahçelievler,
are on display at the first floor of the museum.
Interesting findings were available when three
of the 14 tumuluses detected in the Phrygian
necropolis were excavated with new scientific
techniques. In addition, cremation cups
in different forms and remains of a burned
ceremony cart unearthed during the salvation
excavations carried out in the Beştepeler-
Gençlerbirliği tumulus between 1986-1988
are put into display at the section spared for
Ankara Phrygian artifacts together with other
artifacts obtained from other three tumuluses.
Address: İnönü Bulvarı ODTÜ Yerleşkesi-
Yenimahalle-ANK.
Phone: (312) 210 22 09
Visiting Days: Everyday during the week
Open between: 09.00–16.00
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