What is Museum Week, which museums are open until what time, which museums are free?
Museums Week is celebrated every year from May 18 to May 24. Guests will be able to visit some museums for free this week. Which museums will be free of charge during this period? What time will the museums be open during museum week?
Museums are of great importance in cultural life as institutions that illuminate, preserve and transfer this world heritage to the future. In order to draw attention to, to increase interest and to integrate them into social life, a “Museum Week” event is organized every year. Museum Week is celebrated every year for a week starting from the 18th day of May, which is considered the “International Museums Day” by the International Council of Museums (ICOM).
Anatolia, described as the ”Cradle of Civilizations”, hosts dozens of priceless museums with a magnificent cultural heritage that it has hosted with its thousands of years of history.
On the occasion of the Museum Week celebrations, 39 museums have been identified that will be open until 23:00 at night and can be visited for free after the normal closing time.
Which museums will be free of charge during museum week?
Adana Museum, Amasya Museum, Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara Ethnographic Museum, Antalya Museum, Alanya Museum, Side Museum, Museum of Lycian Civilizations in Demre, Aydın Museum, Burdur Museum, Bartin Amasra Museum, Corum Museum, Edirne Museum, Edirne Museum of Turkish-Islamic Art, Eskişehir Meat Archaeological Museum, Gaziantep Archaeological Museum, Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Hatay Archaeological Museum, Istanbul Archaeological Museums, Hagia Sophia Museum of Istanbul, Istanbul Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Izmir Archaeological Museum, Izmir Ataturk Museum, Izmir Ephesus Museum, Izmir Ödemiş Museum,Kahramanmaraş Museum, Kastamonu Museum, Kocaeli Museum, Konya Mevlana Museum, Konya Karatay Tile Works Museum, Mardin Museum, Mersin Museum, Muğla Fethiye Museum, Mugla Marmaris Museum, Niğde Museum, Sivas Museum, Sinop Museum, Sanliurfa Museum, Şanlıurfa Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum
