ethnographic museum

这个博物馆就在SIHHIYE，土耳其民航局后面。博物馆免费，进门安检，上下两层，全是艺术家的绘画作品，有的看不懂。里面有警察在巡逻。博物馆旁边还有一个馆，但是收费。总之，看一看也不错。

Interesting for people with particular interest in handcrafts. I was interested in the calligraphy. But nothing special. Close to Modern art museum, also nothing spacial.

Whether a visit here is worth it or not may depend on your interests; it's a small museum and doesn't take too much time to loop through, but not necessarily among the essential things to see in Ankara. Essentially on display are all kinds of Islamic/Turkish art, arranged by theme: traditional clothing, carpets, metalwork, ceramics, manuscripts and woodwork. The woodwork collection, in particular, is one of the most interesting and perhaps what sets it a little apart from other museums even in Turkey: it holds large and intricately carved wooden minbars, mihrabs, doors and even sarcophagi from Ankara and all across Anatolia, most of them from pre-Ottoman times. This was my main reason to visit and I quite enjoyed it. The building itself is a nice neo-Ottoman creation with historical significance as the initial resting place for the sarcophagus of Atatürk (now at Anitkabir).

..it is a nice museum, quite interesting, but it is all about old turkish clothes..wonderful, but it takes maximum 30 minutes to see everything. I entered for free with my museum card, but otherwise i wouldn't want to pay the ticket.

This museum, and the national painting museum, are situated in a small and hilly park which rises above Cemal Gürsel Caddesi turning right after walking north from Sıhhiye Metro station. The building was Atatürk's first resting place, until the present mausoleum was built. It is quite spacious, laid out on one floor, with great examples of weaving, embroidery, metalwork, ancient woodcarving, well-displayed, some in period painted rooms. Do not miss it.

This museum is a must-see for anyone interested in traditional costumes.The museum houses many original traditional costumes. It also has great traditional Turkish house and shop settings.The building that houses the museum is also gorgeous, as the things in it!

If you like visiting museums and would like to know about the Anatolian History you should visit this museum.

The place was half closed for 'renovations' when I went in September, yet they charged the full entry fee. It was quite small, and just a collection of artefacts and some sculptures etc. Only for hard-core fans of that sort of stuff I guess, though since there's not much to see in the city, one could be forgiven for visiting anything!

If you're a museum addict, you really have to visit Ankara Etnography Museum. There are lots of tiles, manuscripts, carpets, costumes... Maybe you can't find interactive museum applications inside but it's a good static museum anyways. Also "State Art and Sculpture Museum" is just next building.

This was my first visit to Ankara. I liked very much the panoramic view of the city from the entrance of the Ethnographic museum. This used to be temporary resting place of Ataturk...It contains very nice displays that offer brief but beautiful insight into Turkish culture and civilization. It will take you less than one hour to see all displays...Definitely worth visiting.

This place is not so big, you need to pay an entrance fee. There are some handmades as well as some paintings in the next building. So much security for nothing guess! They do not let you bring your hand bag in unless being checked by x-ray.

The museum is next to the Resim (painting) museum. Walking around the first one got us to the entrance of Ataturk's first mausoleum which now is the Ethnographic museum (a big staue of Ataturk at horse in front of the entrance).Very good collection of displays showing carpet makiing, an old circumcision room, wedding preparation, etc.Also a section where Ataturk's coffin used to stay - lots of old photos from the funeral on the surrounding walls.

I have been to Ankara several times but never visited this superb museum before. The displays are beautifully arranged, the objects displayed - from embroidery to tiles to glass to woodworks - are incredibly beautiful. It is not too big, so one hour is more than enough to see everything. The only drawback is that the museum is hard to find. Although centrally located, it is sort of tucked away and surrounded by streets with heavy traffic (everyone who has been to Ankara knows what I mean!)

On the basis of other TripAdvisor reviews, my expectations were low. However, what is there, albeit not a very large museum, is well presented with colourful dioramas and informative, if not always letter perfect, signage in English. The rooms without the dioramas are of more interest to those with a specialized interest in say swords, firearms or wooden doors. I passed through that section as fast as I could walk. I cannot imagine an hour in this museum. There is a café outside accessed down the stairs from the equestrian statue. Adjacent to it is a handicapped washroom. This museum is best coupled with a visit to the free art gallery next door. Note that the art gallery is closed from 12-1 pm. The area, while affording nice views, is a bit set apart and not that tourist friendly in terms of access and dining choices.

I went in this museum because is famous, but when you enter and spend 25 TL you would like to find something more than 2 big saloon.