Museums

Panorama 1919 Museum consists of two main sections, digital and diagromic. In the diagromic section, there is Turkey’s largest oil painting. This painting symbolizes the welcome of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on Dikmen ridge by Seymens. The objects in front of that painting are also complete. With the cooperation of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, the necessary arrangements were made in the old Yaşar Doğu Sports Hall, and it is a first in the Black Sea Region as the only panoramic museum that is covered. There is also a gift shop in front of the museum. An appointment is required before a group visit to the museum.

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Archaeology and Ethnography Museum located in Samsun city center Fair Ground, was opened at 19 May 1981. Historical monuments founded in excavations by Turkish History Association, sent to Kastamonu Museum because of there was no museum for display in Samsun in that times. In terms of the importance of Samsun in national history, opening a museum with name “ Ataturk and 19 May Museum” was offered to Culture and Tourism Ministry by governor Turgut Baskaya at 1956. At the same time some historical monuments founded in an excavation and gathered from region, protected under Samsun Men Art Instıtute.  The museum was like storage at first, at 1 March 1960 works begun. Subsequently, Governor Enver Saatçigil at 1967, addressed the idea of museum again and the 19 May Art Gallery in Fair Ground changed to “Ataturk Museum”. After that, near to Ataturk Museum in Fair ground, the construction began for Archaeology and Ethnography Museum at 1976, just after 6 years it was opened for visitors. In the museum,archaeological and ethnographic artifacts on display which are gathered from Samsun and region.