Ankara Vakuf Eserleri Müzesi | |
 Ankara Vakıf Museum building | |
  Location of the museum in Turkey. | |
| Established | 2007; 18 years ago (2007) |
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| Location | Atatürk Boulevard,Ankara, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 39°56′08″N32°51′8″E / 39.93556°N 32.85222°E /39.93556; 32.85222 |
| Type | Ethnography museum |
| Collections | Rugs, carpets, tiles, hand written books, tiles, metal and wooden items, etc. |
Vakıf Museum (Turkish:Ankara Vakıf Eserleri Müzesi) is an ethnography museum inAnkara, Turkey exhibiting endowed articles.
The museum is onAtatürk Boulevard in Ankara. It is to the south ofMelike Hatun Mosque and to the east ofGençlik Parkı, the largest park of Ankara. Some of the other museums of Ankara such asStamp Museum,Ethnography Museum of Ankara andState Art and Sculpture Museum are nearby. The museum building was built as a school building. It is an example ofFirst national architectural movement of Turkey. Between 1928 and 1941 it was used by theSchool of Law and after 1941, it was used as the Girls’ vocational school. In 2004 it was restored and on 7 May 2007 it was opened as a museum.[1]
Vakıf means "charitable foundation" and the museum is dedicated to ethnographic endowments. In the ground floor, rugs and carpets as well as various tools in carpet weaving are exhibited. In the upper floor, hand written books, tiles, metal and wooden items are on display. Relatively more recent items such as clocks and 19th-century cameras are also a part of the museum collection.[2][3]
