Bursa Karagöz Museum

Bursa Karagöz Museum (Turkish: Bursa Karagöz Müzesi) is a museum located at Osmangazi in Bursa, northwestern Turkey, dedicated to the folkloric shadow play figures Karagöz and Hacivat. It was established in 2007.[1]

Bursa Karagöz Museum
Bursa Karagöz Müzesi
Location within Marmara
Established	2007 (2007)
Location	Çekirge St., Çekirge, Osmangazi, Bursa, Turkey
Coordinates	40.202029°N 29.027140°E / 40.202029; 29.027140
Type	Folkloric art
Collections	Shadow play pPuppets
Visitors	129,000 (2018)
Owner	Bursa Metropolitan Municipality

Background

Monument of Karagöz and Hacivat in Bursa.

The museum is located on the Çekirge Street in Çekirge quarter of Osmangazi district in Bursa. It is situated in a former power distribution building. The building, which was sometime not in use, was converted into an art house by the Bursa Municipality and the Bursa Art and Culture Foundation, and opened on 15 June 1997. It was named the "Karagöz House" in regard to the "Manument of Karagz and Hacivat" standing just across the building, which is a cultural symbol of Bursa. The art arthouse consisted of a theatre hall, where traditional Turkish shadow play Karagöz and Hacivat was performed, a gallery of Karagöz and Hacivat puppets, a speciality library and a design workshop. With the establishment of the international puppetry association UNIMA's Bursa branch, the art house turned into a center to revive the traditional shadow play.[1]

Ten years later of its foundation, the art house was converted into Karagöz Museum by the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality in 2007.[1]

Exhibits

The museum consists of two galleries. The first gallery is about the history of shadow play. In the second gallery, 61 pieces of original Karagöz puppets gathered from traditional shadow play collections are on display. In addition, collections of several puppeteers enrich the same gallery. There are also Karagöz-Hacivat cartoons from Ottoman era newspapers and various ephemera on Karagöz. The museum hosts also temporary exhibitions.[2]

Admission

The museum is open every day from 9:30 to 17:30 hours local time, but closed on Mondays.[3] During the semester holidays, school children show interest to visit the museum. Shadow play performances are free of charge. In 2018, the number of museum visitors totalled to 129,000.[4]

References

"Bursa Karagöz Müzesi" (in Turkish). Bursa Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
"Karagöz Müzesi" (in Turkish). Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
"Karagöz Müzesi" (in Turkish). Bursa. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
Aydın, Tahsin (30 January 2019). "Karagöz müzesi bir yılda 129 bin ziyaretçi ağırladı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 April 2019.

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