Ankara Üniversitesi Tarihi Müzesi

About Ankara Üniversitesi Tarihi Müzesi

Ankara Üniversitesi Tarihi Müzesi tells the history of Ankara University, which describes itself as the first university of the Turkish Republic, through the milestones of its development. The museum is on the university central campus at Beşevler and is attached to the Rectorate. It was registered as a private museum by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism General Directorate of Cultural Assets and Museums in September 2017, passed its first inspection by the Ethnography Museum directorate on 12 October 2017, and opened to visitors on 13 February 2018. According to the university, the collection holds 76 objects recorded in the ministry inventory and 868 objects in the university fixture register. Since opening it has received students, academics, ambassadors, foreign delegations, scientists and members of the public, and the university marked its seventh anniversary with an event in February 2025. Visits are by appointment. The university page says the museum can be visited on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 16:00, with appointments made through the university general contact address given on that page.