Sakarya Museum
The museum building was built in 1915 as the house of Major Baha Bey, Head of the Military Service. In 1922, Mustafa Kemal met his mother in this house and became a guest. It was purchased by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1983 and opened as a museum on 21 June 1993. The building was partially damaged in the 1999 Gölcük earthquake. It was reopened on 28 June 2003 after restoration. The total area of the house and garden is 1,290 square meters. In addition to the exhibition halls and offices, the building includes a conference room and art gallery. Both archaeological and ethnographic items are exhibited in the exhibition hall of the museum. Artifacts from the prehistoric period and the Roman and Byzantine Empires are on display, including column bases, tombstones, inscribed stones, altars, terracotta food jars, and ostotheques. Archaeological artifacts include axes, terracotta pots, eye drop and fragrance bottles, and metal and glass items. Among the ethnographic elements of the Ottoman State and Turkey, there are weapons, copper tools, stamps and embroideries, and the works used by Mustafa Kemal.
