Tahtakus Museum, Edremit, Provincia de Balikesir, Turkey
Tahtakuşlar Ethnography Museum is a private museum in Balıkesir Province, Turkey devoted to the lifestyle of villagers of Oghuz Turks origin. Tahtakuşlar is a village in Edremit ilçe of Balıkesir Province.
The museum was founded on 10 June 1991 by Alibey Kudar, a retired primary school teacher. The population of the village is composed of Oghuz Turks, who are locally known as Tahtacı, and the museum is devoted to Tahtacı culture. Some of the exhibited items are household furniture, local attire, rugs, tents, amulets, ornament, etc. Although it is an ethnography museum, a gigantic sea turtle’s shell of 197 cm (78 in) is also on display. The art gallery of painter and sculptor Selim Turan was added to the local collection in 1992, and a library was established within the museum in 1994.
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