Museums in Yalova: Top Places

Yalova Atatürk Mansion is a mansion built for and used by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during his visits to the thermal facilities in Yalova at Marmara region, Turkey. Currently, the building is owned by the Turkish Grand National Assembly and is partly open to public as a house museum.

Yalova City Museum, a city museum established in 2013. It was opened to visitors in 2013 when the Yalova Government Mansion was converted into a museum within the scope of the Reconstruction Project jointly carried out by the Yalova Governorship and Yalova Municipality. The museum is located on the seafront, right next to Yalova Port, at the intersection of Rıhtım, Cumhuriyet, and Gazi Paşa streets.

The museum building is the house where Atatürk stayed before having the Walking Mansion built in Yalova. It was restored in 1981 and started operating as a museum exhibiting Atatürk's belongings. Afterwards, the mansion, known as the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises Atatürk Mansion Baltacı Farm Mansion, registered with the decision of the Kocaeli Cultural Heritage Preservation Board dated November 20, 2007, and numbered 193, began its restoration in February 2013 to start operating as a children's museum.

The Osman Hamdi Bey Museum is located in the Eskihisar neighborhood of Gebze, Kocaeli, and is the house where the famous painter and museologist Osman Hamdi Bey spent his last years. The mansion, drawing house, boathouse, and outbuildings were built in 1884 according to plans drawn by Osman Hamdi Bey. The building has served as a museum since 1987, and in 2021, it was allocated to the Kocaeli Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism. It is temporarily closed to visitors due to restoration work. It is within 517 meters walking distance of Eskihisar Castle and 559 meters from the Eskihisar Topçular Ferry stop.

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