2022 Thousand People Visited Samsun City Museum in 32

Built by Samsun Metropolitan Municipality and organized by the European Museum Academy (EMA), 'XX. In 6, 2022 thousand people visited the City Museum, which was selected as one of the 32 best museums in Europe in the Luigi Micheletti Award Museum Competition.

The artifacts exhibited in the Samsun City Museum, which was established by the Samsun Metropolitan Municipality in 2013, provide information on the city's history, geography, culture, social life, economy, tourism, art history, architecture, and food culture. In the museum, where the chronological history of the city takes place, the period of the War of Independence, which started with the arrival of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Samsun on May 19, 1919, is also explained. The museum, which consists of two parts, is one of the first places visited by those who come to the city. The number of visitors increasing every year, Samsun City Museum hosted approximately 2022 thousand people in 32.

'ALL OF THE WORKS ARE BROUGHT THROUGH DONATION'

Providing information about the museum, Samsun City Museum Unit Supervisor, Art Historian Nilgün Sarıçoban said, “The city museum is the work of many years of work. Not only the field research, but also as a result of the symposiums and our meetings with scientists, there is a great effort of work. The City Museum is very important to our city. After the expropriation of two buildings belonging to the State Railways, it was converted into a museum. No works were purchased through purchase. All of the works were brought by donation. This is a work that has emerged with the efforts of our citizens, who have given their hearts to Samsun. The two buildings are connected by a glass tunnel. While the first building usually describes the historical process, the second building mostly consists of sections where our traditions and customs, our culinary culture, our education history and our districts are explained.”

'FIRST PLACE TO VISIT'

Stating that a tourist who has never heard of Samsun comes, he should visit the city museum first, Sarıçoban said, “The City Museum is a guide for our city. Where and what to do, information is given by our expert friends. Of course, our number of visitors has increased this year after the pandemic. In 2022, approximately 32 thousand people visited our museum. In addition, we hosted thousands of our students in the 2021-2022 academic year as part of the 'One Day at the Museum' project, which we carried out together with the Directorate of National Education. Our teachers prefer our museum as a place of education.”

AWARD-WINNING MUSEUM

Samsun City Museum organized the 'XX. It was selected as one of the 2015 most prestigious museums in Europe in the Luigi Micheletti Award Museum Competition. The Museum was given the 'Project Special Award' in 6 and the 'Museum Encouragement Award' in 2013 by the Historical Cities Association. More than a thousand works are exhibited in the museum, of which about 2015 are registered in the inventory.

THERE ARE 2 BOOKS

In addition, in the 'City Memory' section of the museum, there are books that are the memory of the city. There are also works in different languages ​​such as Ottoman Turkish and French, which are 2-100 years old, in the section where there are approximately 125 books.

CAN BE VISITED IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

It can also be visited online. Samsun City Museum http://www.samsunkentmuzesi.com It can be visited with 360-degree panoramic views.