Altınköy Açık Hava Müzesi

About Altınköy Açık Hava Müzesi

Altınköy Open-Air Museum is a recreated Anatolian village in Altındağ's Beşikkaya neighbourhood, showing rural life of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s on the edge of the city. Altındağ Municipality started the project in 2013, clearing the informal housing that stood on the site, and on land of roughly 500 decares it brought in old village houses from different parts of Anatolia, re-erecting them faithfully to the originals without driving a single nail, according to the municipality. The houses are furnished with everyday village objects collected from various regions, placed inside and outside according to how they were used. Around them stand a village mosque, laundry house, school, bakery, grocery, coffee house, a suspension bridge, and a windmill and watermill. Animals live on the site too, including sheep and lambs, cows, horses, donkeys, birds, deer, gazelles, roe deer and chickens, and bread is baked in the village oven. After a period closed for renovation, the municipality reopened Altınköy with museum status in July 2024, and it reported 5,817 visitors in the first two days. The museum's own social media shows a busy programme in 2026, including craft workshops by visiting artisans at weekends, children's village-life activities with animal feeding (paid, by reservation), puppet events and an annual harvest festival. Practical notes: according to the museum's Instagram profile it is open every day except Monday from 10:00 to 19:00; pets and picnics are not allowed.