İbrahim Alimoğlu Music Center
The structure, which was established when İbrahim Alimoğlu, a businessman from Afyonkarahisar, donated the musical instruments in his personal collection, which he had built up over many years, to Afyon Kocatepe University, was further enriched with the donation of about 250 musical instruments by German collector Dr. Wolgfang Ott.
Located in Afyon Kocatepe University (AKU) State Conservatory building, the Music Center is the largest in Turkey and one of the ten largest music centers in the world. It is filled with musical instruments brought from different parts of the world. Some were brought from a mountain village in Kenya, some were taken from local people in the polar region. There are 450 instruments and musical objects from five continents. All of the instruments on display here are in usable condition. None of them are imitations, each one is original. In addition, Alimoğlu Music Center is located inside the conservatory of Afyon Kocatepe University. Visitors can find themselves in an environment full of art and music during their visit. There is also the possibility of continuous concerts for the visitors. Everyone who wants to see the history of music in the world flocks to this Alimoğlu Music Center.
In addition to a large number of instruments from different musical genres with a history of more than a hundred years; antique artifacts such as radios, gramophones, turntables, and personal belongings of our artists who have made a great contribution to our traditional culture are also exhibited here.
