Konya Ethnography Museum

Konya Ethnography Museum is an ethnographic museum devoted to the people, cultures and lifestyle in and around Konya, Turkey. The museum is on Sahip Ata Street.

Type: Museum
Description: ethnographic museum in Konya, Turkey
Also known as: “Etnografya Müzesi” and “Konya Etnografya Müzesi”
Address: Konya
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Konya Archaeological Museum and Alâeddin Mosque.

Konya Archaeological Museum

Museum

Photo: Murat Özsoy 1958, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Konya Archaeological Museum is a state archaeological museum in Konya, Turkey. Established in 1901, it had been relocated twice before moving to its present location in 1962. Konya Archaeological Museum is situated 210 metres northeast of Konya Ethnography Museum.

Alâeddin Mosque

Mosque

Photo: Christian Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Alâeddin Mosque is the principal monument on Alaaddin Hill in the centre of Konya, Turkey. Part of the hilltop citadel complex that contained the Seljuk Palace, it served as the main prayer hall for the Seljuk Sultans of Rum and its courtyard contains the burial places of several of the sultans. Alâeddin Mosque is situated 750 metres north of Konya Ethnography Museum.

Ince Minaret Madrasa

Museum

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.

İnce Minareli Medrese is a 13th-century madrasa located in Konya, Turkey, now housing the Museum of Stone and Wood Art, noted for its ornate entrance, domed courtyard, ornamentally bricked minaret, partially destroyed in 1901, and exemplar Anatolian Seljuk architecture. Ince Minaret Madrasa is situated 700 metres north of Konya Ethnography Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meram and Konya.

Meram

Town

Meram is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,822 km2, and its population is 348,325. Meram is one of the central districts of Konya, along with the districts of Karatay and Selçuklu.

Konya

Photo: Emadnemati, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Konya is a city in Central Anatolia in Turkey, known as the city of "whirling dervishes" and for its outstanding Seljuk architecture. In 2021 Konya metropolis had a population of 2,277,017, the sixth largest in Turkey, but the area of most interest is compact.