The textile products presented at the Ethnography Museum in Antalya are an important part of our cultural heritage. The Antalya Ethnography Museum offers significant clues about our history through clothing and garments from the past.
While textile products in museums and private collections are provided with the necessary cleaning and preservation conditions, these conditions are not possible for people in Antalya who own historical textile products passed down from their families and wish to keep them in their homes.
Due to factors such as the humid climate of Antalya, inadequate physical conditions for storage, and a lack of knowledge regarding cleaning, preservation, and storage procedures, many textile products become impossible to pass on to future generations. Considering Türkiye's rich textile heritage, restoration and conservation efforts are insufficient through natural means and are more feasible in museums such as the Antalya Ethnography Museum.
The textile products and historically valuable objects in the Ethnography Department of the Antalya Museum are preserved and displayed in the best possible way in the halls of the Antalya Ethnography Museum. A display is presented that provides a close proximity between the visitors and the objects, using glass and a natural perspective.
Textile products are one of the tangible cultural assets that constitute our existing cultural identity. In the 19th century, the idea emerged that cultural assets should be preserved in museums. This idea, in the late 20th century, scientifically established the concept of cultural asset preservation in our country.
Institutions, museums, and collectors that possess tangible cultural assets shared their opinions on whether textile products could undergo conservation or restoration.
For conservation to be successful, cultural assets must be properly identified, recorded, and used in accordance with their intended purpose. This has emerged from national and international studies conducted under different perspectives. Given Türkiye's rich textile heritage, the Antalya Ethnography Museum has been successful in this regard.
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How much does it cost to enter the Antalya Ethnography Museum?
Antalya Ethnography Museum has free admission. It consists of two floors, and you can obtain necessary information from the security personnel at the entrance.
In which neighborhood is the Ethnography Museum located?
The Antalya Ethnography Museum, located at Kılınçarslan, Civelek Sk. No:20, 07100 Muratpaşa/Antalya in Antalya's Kaleiçi district, can be reached by walking uphill from the port towards the city center; you will find its back entrance. Continue straight ahead and turn right to reach the museum's front entrance.
What can be found at the Antalya Ethnography Museum?
The Antalya Ethnography Museum boasts a rich collection of recent historical artifacts reflecting the historical and cultural wealth of Antalya. The museum displays archaeological and ethnographic objects, folk art, traditional clothing, and handicrafts from Antalya and its surrounding areas.
Archaeological artifacts: Prehistoric, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman-era artifacts, clothing, and jewelry unearthed during excavations in and around the Antalya Museum are displayed at the Antalya Ethnography Museum.
Ethnographic artifacts: Everyday objects, agricultural tools, handicrafts, and clothing reflecting Antalya's traditional lifestyle.
Furthermore, the Ethnography Museum in Antalya displays everything related to folk arts; various art forms such as carpet weaving, ceramics, wood carving, and metalworking in their own unique way.
