Exhibition Halls
Arts and Culture centers
Republican Era Exhibition Hall
The Atatürk Cultural Center is located at the
center of Exhibition Hall- Folklore- Library
composition. It was constructed on the
occasion of the 100th anniversary of Atatürk’s
birth and opened on December 27, 1987. The
exhibition hall consists of two sections, one
being the War of Independence and Atatürk
section and the other is science- technology
and natural history section.
The Atatürk Exhibition Hall
of Education
Our country’s first museum of education
was opened under the name of the “School
Museum” while Mustafa Necati was the
Minister of National Education at the
basement floor of the Ministry building in
Ulus on March 1, 1936. The museum which
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collected a number of documents regarding
the history of education in Turkey enriched its
collection with many objects collected from
various different institutions and reopened on
November 24,
Polatlı Agricultural
Exhibition Area
It was opened in 2001 in a 7 decares of land
inside the Zafer Park in Polatlı province.
Equipments used for agricultural purposes
were collected from Polatlı, Sivrihisar,
Günyüzü and Haymana provinces.
Approximately 100 tools whose ages vary
between 50 and 100 were repaired according
to its originals and placed in this exhibition
area.
Agricultural tools such as wooden
plows,threshing sleds, pitchforks, plough
drawn by double horse, oxcarts, and first
combine harvesters and beet machine can be
seen in this exhibition. There is a corner in
the exhibition area where the life in the village
is displayed.
Keçiören Estergon Castle
Ethnographic Exhibition Area
Cer Modern Arts Center
Cer Modern building which used to be the
old maintenance hall for railway wagons and
engines recently restored by the Ministry of
The exhibition area was opened on May29,
2005. Works reflecting our country’s
ethnographic richness are collected from
cities such Konya, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş,
Tokat, Amasya, İzmir and Aydın and provinces
such as Tire and Ödemiş and put on display.
Culture and Tourism, is making an important
contribution to the city identity of Ankara
as an example of a contemporary museum
architecture. The center supported by the
Association of Turkish Travel Agencies,
is contributing to the development of
cultural and artistic production in Ankara
and provides a ground for national and
international artistic activities and exhibitions.
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