Culture and art / Museum
Balıkesir Kuva-yi Milliye Museum
Karesi, Balıkesir
A museum on the city's history and the region's archaeological finds, in the historic mansion where the decision for armed resistance was made during the National Struggle.
Its story
The museum building is a mansion built in 1840 for Giridizade Mehmet Paşa, treasurer (defterdar) of the Karesi Sanjak, and rebuilt after a fire in 1900. The day after the occupation of İzmir, the city's notables gathered in this building and decided on armed resistance in western Anatolia; the building was later used as an army corps headquarters. After serving for many years as the municipal building, it was restored and opened as a museum in 1996. The ground floor displays documents and photographs on the founding of the Kuva-yi Milliye (National Forces), and the upper floor archaeological and ethnographic artifacts from the Balıkesir area.
Key facts
- Opened
- 1996
- Admission
- Paid; Müzekart (Museum Pass) valid
- Visit duration
- 1 hour
Trip purpose
- Rainy day
- Traveling with kids
Location
39.64583, 27.87944
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal%C4%B1kesir_Kuva-yi_Milliye_M%C3%BCzesi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_the_Nationalist_Forces_in_Bal%C4%B1kesir