Anne Müzesi

About Anne Müzesi

The Mother Museum (Anne Müzesi) is a small private museum devoted to motherhood, in the Ulucanlar area of Altındağ. It was founded by the writer Şermin Yaşar, who also created the Kelime Müzesi (Word Museum), and opened in 2024; the local newspaper Başkent Gazete reported strong interest from its first days and quotes the founder describing it as the only museum of its kind. The museum is spread over two buildings and four rooms. Sayings about mothers greet visitors at the entrance. According to Turkish Wikipedia, the ground floor of the two-storey building shows sculptures and paintings, AI-colourised images of Atatürk and his mother Zübeyde Hanım, a poplin baby vest and bonnet that Atatürk wore as a child, a prayer rug that belonged to Zübeyde Hanım, and motherhood medals from different countries. Upstairs are items from Turkish wedding traditions, such as the bridal veil and objects given in the trousseau, along with a sculpture of Umay Ana, a mother figure from early Turkic belief, presented with her story. The second building looks at the word for mother in different languages and at figures of mothers from other cultures, and lullabies in six languages play through headphones; a room with a cradle at its centre is screened off by a curtain. Başkent Gazete also describes everyday baby items such as clothes, dummies and bottles, and a room of antique mother-and-baby dolls from more than 50 countries. The Müzekart museum pass is not accepted here. Turkish Wikipedia notes that buses 321 and 392, which run via Ulus, Kızılay and Sıhhiye, serve the museum, and it is open every day except Monday.