BURSA - MUSEUMS
 

THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF BURSA
The museum, opened in 1972 in a building within the Culturepark, exhibits artifacts which were found in the Bythinian and Mysian regions and date from ca. 3.000 B.C. until the end of Byzantine period. The first hall contains various bowls, figurines and bronz works found on the site of the ancient city Antandros. Works of art dating from the Ancient Bronze Age are also found in this hall. The second hall contains objects from the Hellenistic period, and stone objects mostly Roman origin. The Kybele statues, the Athena bust and the bronze Apollon statue are of exceptional beauty. The third hall contains objects from the 7th century BC until the end of the Byzantine period. Glass objects, gold jewellery, various receptacles and, on the second floor, bronze objects from the Roman period and Byzantine objects are among the exhibits. The fourth hall contains gold, silver and bronze coins from the Roman, Hellenistic and Byzantine periods. Various architectural works, sarcophagi and headstones can be found in the museum garden.
 

THE ATATÜRK MUSEUM
The Atatürk Museum, located on Çekirge Avenue, is actually a 19th century mansion. The building was bought from its owners by the Municipality of Bursa, and presented to Atatürk during his second visit to the city. Atatürk, who visited Bursa 13 times, often resided here. The mansion was transformed into a museum on the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Republic in 1973.
Most of the furnishings and objects were used by Atatürk. Two floors of the three-storey building are open to visitors. The mansion is one of the most important examples of civil architecture in Bursa.
 

THE MUDANYA HOUSE OF ARMISTICE MUSEUM

The armistice documenting the victorious end of the Turkish War of Liberation was signed in this house on October 11th, 1922. The house is of Ottoman construction, built at the end of the 19th century. Two floors are accessible to visitors. The first floor contains the room the armistice was signed in and studies whereas the bedrooms of İsmet İnönü and Asım Gündüz Pasha are located on the second floor.
 

THE YEŞİL SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

After passing the Yeşil Hamam, the complex is located on the right, next to Çanlı Stream. This building complex is currently used as the Turkish and Islamic Art Works Museum. The construction of the Yeşil Complex, also known as the Sultaniye complex, was commenced in 1419 by Çelebi Sultan Mehmet together with the other buildings within the complex. The complex remained incomplete due to the sudden death of the Sultan.

The entrance is from the north, through the eyvan covered with diagonal vaults. In the centre is a spacious courtyard, with a marble pool in the middle. On the south side you find a classroom with a high and open eyvan, and on either side a small eyvan and 13 cells. The wide eyvan is placed upon an octagonal rim and covered by a lead plated dome. The remaining eyvan are covered by brick roofs and ciliary's eaves.

The two staircases, each 1,2 meters wide, placed on either side and incomplete sections suggest that the complex was planned as a two storey building. The arcade in the garden contains 18 columns of marble and granite taken from various edifices. The cell ceilings are diagonally vaulted. The one to the west is covered with turquoise and white tiles. The ceiling is decorated with geometric braid motifs in white, dark blue and yellow. The window panels are decorated with tiles in a chessboard pattern.

The Yeşil complex has been serving as the Turkish and Islamic Works Museum since 1975. The museum contains exhibits dating from the thirteenth to the twentieth century, including Seljuk, Principality and Ottoman period tile and ceramic works, wooden, carved and inlaid works, examples of the Turkish metal art, tombacs and other metal works, Seljuk and Ottoman coins, and traditional Turkish handicrafts and apparel.
 

THE YENİŞEHİR ŞEMAKİ HOUSE MUSEUM

This house was constructed by the families of the village of Şemaki in Iran, who emigrated to Anatolia and settled in Yenişehir.
The house, that may even be called a mansion, has two storeys. On the ground floor, paved with stones, there is the kitchen and storeroom to the right and two rooms on the left. The second floor is reached by a wooden staircase.
 

THE 17th CENTURY OTTOMAN HOUSE MUSEUM

This museum is located opposite the Muradiye School of Theology. It is commonly believed to have been the house in which Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror was born, or the house of Murat II. The entrance to the two-storeyed house is through the garden on the west side. The house is of great interest because of the painted decoration typical of the period, the woodwork embellishing the ceilings as well as the wooden wardrobes and cupboards. These works are from the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century.
 

MUDANYA TAHİR PAŞA RESIDENCE

It is a two-storey house. Its plan has been changed a lot and it has lost its original state. The main room in the second floor is ornamented with pen-work. In the two sides of the room there are lower and upper windows and they are colored. The walls are covered with trowel works. The inside of the panels is ornamented with flower motifs. The porter’s knot that covers one wall of the room is ornamented with pen-work. On the front door of the room, the date of 1138 H./1725 M has been printed.