Müze İzmir Kültür Sanat Fabrikası (İzmir Arkeoloji Müzesi)

About Müze İzmir Kültür Sanat Fabrikası (İzmir Arkeoloji Müzesi)

Müze İKSF, the Archaeology and Ethnography Museum of the İzmir Culture and Arts Factory (İzmir Kültür Sanat Fabrikası), occupies the largest building at the heart of the historic Alsancak Tekel tobacco factory, once its main production hall. After careful restoration and renovation, the two-storey, 7,240 square metre building shows archaeological finds on its ground and first floors and ethnographic collections on the second. The displays bring together gold, metal, marble, terracotta, stone and glass objects from the region alongside historic local textiles and printed headscarves (yazma), arranged in thematic, new-generation exhibitions. Entry is paid; the Museum Card (Müzekart) is accepted, and a day ticket also covers the İzmir Painting and Sculpture Museum on the same campus. Events held inside the museums are free. The museum is run by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and is separate from the İzmir Archaeological Museum in Bahribaba Parkı, which has its own listing.