Müziksev İzmir Müzik ve Müzik Enstrümanları Müzesi

About Müziksev İzmir Müzik ve Müzik Enstrümanları Müzesi

Müziksev, the İzmir Music and Musical Instruments Museum, is run by the İzmir Foundation for Culture, Arts and Education (İKSEV), the organiser of the İzmir International Festival. The foundation created it with financial support from the İzmir Development Agency as a lasting gift to the people of the city, and it opened on 25 May 2011. It occupies a 19th-century Alsancak house on Atatürk Caddesi that survived the great İzmir fire and was used for various purposes before İKSEV restored it. Bringing the house back to life as a cultural institution was part of the museum's aim of protecting the historic fabric of the city. Its main goal is to reflect the rich musical past of Turkey and of İzmir. The permanent collection centres on traditional Turkish instruments, and visitors can listen to how they sound through recordings by leading performers. Instruments from other eras and regions are also on show. The museum holds a sound archive and record library, from 78 rpm discs to festival concerts and recordings of congresses and seminars, as well as a library of scores and music books, including works entered for the Dr Nejat Eczacıbaşı National Composition Competition, open to music students, researchers and musicologists. Visiting: Visit İzmir gives opening hours of 10:00 to 17:00. Contact İKSEV to confirm days before visiting.