Beypazarı Kent Tarihi Müzesi

About Beypazarı Kent Tarihi Müzesi

The Beypazarı City History Museum tells the story of this old market town west of Ankara from the earliest times to the present day. It occupies the former Rüstem Paşa School, built in 1928 at the start of the Republican era and one of the town's first two schools. The building belonged to the provincial special administration until Beypazarı Municipality acquired it, restored it and opened it as a city history museum in 2008. Inside, the town's past is laid out through scale models, archaeological remains, objects typical of each period and historical documents, alongside ethnographic pieces and local costume. Traditional trades such as baking, shoemaking, weaving, barbering, farriery and saddle-making are recreated with models and mannequins, and models of Beypazarı's characteristic houses help explain its old townscape. According to the municipality's visitor app, the upper floor covers the town's architecture, economy, crafts and food culture. The museum also keeps an archive used for academic research. In 2019 the Beypazarı municipal council assigned the museum to Ankara Metropolitan Municipality for 25 years. It sits in the Rüstempaşa quarter on Cumhuriyet Caddesi, a short walk from the town's other museums, including the Yaşayan Müze in the Abbaszade mansion and the Turkish Bath Museum in the 16th-century Rüstem Paşa Hamamı.