Sivas Congress and Ethnography Museum
| Sivas Kongre ve Etnoğrafya Müzesi | |
 Museum building | |
  Sivas Congress and Etnography Museum | |
| Established | 1990 |
|---|---|
| Location | İnönü Bulvarı, Sivas, Turkey |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 39°44′59″N 37°00′50″E / 39.74972°N 37.01389°E |
| Type | History, Ethnography |
| Collections | Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Owner | Ministry of Culture and Tourism |
Sivas Congress and Etnography Museum is a museum in Sivas, Turkey
Location
The museum building is on İnönü Boulevard of Sivas at 39°44′59″N 37°00′50″E / 39.74972°N 37.01389°E.Two medieval age medreses Şifahiye Medrese and Burciye Medrese are to the east of the museum.
History
The building was actually a highschool building. It was built in 1892 by Mehmet Mazlum Bey, the governor of Sivas.[1] Between 4 September-12 September 1919, the building was used by the Turkish nationalists as a congress center for the preparation of the Turkish War of Independence. (see Sivas Congress) After the congress Mustafa Kemal Pasha (later Atatürk) and his friends stayed in this building up to 18 December 1919 and then they left for Ankara. [2] Following their departure, the building resumed to its former service. In 1930 the building underwent a maintenance. In 1984 upon the instruction of Kenan Evren, the president, the highschool building was acquired by the Ministry of Culture. Following a restoration period it was opened as the museum of Congress in 1990. [1]
The museum building and the exhibits
The three-storey building is an example of Ottoman civic architecture of the 19th century.The laboratory, the photo room and the stock rooms are in the basement. The elevated ground floor is the ethnography section and the upper floor is the Atatürk and the Congress section. In the ethnography section, one room is reserved for the weapons. Another room named Hacı Beslen houses various ethnographic items like coins, calligraphy, paintings etc which were bestowed by Turan Türkeroğlu. Another room is the room of Sivas rugs. The wooden mimber of Divriği castle mosque, a 12th century master piece, is also exhibited in this room. Another room named başoda ("headroom") represents the guest room of the wealthy Sivas citizens of the Ottoman times. In this room some items from the Divriği Ulu Mosque are also exhibited. Copper works , tekke (a type of Islam institution of the Ottoman times) articles and clothes also are exhibited a other rooms. The Sivas carpets are in the attrium. The former windows are now small showcases where other small ethnographic artifacts are displayed. [1] In the upper floor which is the section of Atatürk and the Congress one room is the room where the congress was held. There are also room of the telegram (which was the only means of communication in 1919) and the room of the printing machine. The copies of the documents are also in the display.[2]
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