Radyo ve Demokrasi Müzesi

About Radyo ve Demokrasi Müzesi

The Radio and Democracy Museum is a small municipal museum run by Konak Municipality in the Basmane and Altınpark area, close to Basmane station. It occupies a historic house from the early 1900s known locally as the Asmalı Ev, and opened on 5 December 2013 with well-known radio presenters and announcers attending. It was the fourth of the municipality's boutique museums. The collection includes about 150 radios, record players, a large number of records and interactive exhibits. The displays fill six rooms and a library and are arranged chronologically around key historical events, tracing the story of radio from the discovery of radio waves to the first broadcasts in Turkey in the 1920s and the role radio played in explaining the early Republic to its citizens. The municipality describes it as the first museum in the world to bring the ideas of radio and democracy together. The museum runs a monthly film screening on a different theme, talks with radio presenters, creative drama sessions for children and adults, and workshops and presentations for all age groups through the year. Visiting: check opening days with the museum before you go.