Bir Zamanlar Antalya Müzesi

About Bir Zamanlar Antalya Müzesi

Bir Zamanlar Antalya Müzesi (Once Upon a Time Antalya Museum) is a city history museum run by Kepez Municipality in DokumaPark, the site of the former Antalya cotton spinning and weaving factory. It occupies the former administration building of the factory, which the Ministry of National Education out-of-school learning profile says was converted with its original fabric kept and opened to visitors in 2021. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism lists it among the private museums under its supervision, attached to Kepez Municipality. According to the municipality, the displays trace Antalya from prehistory through the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods to the Republic, with sections on the history of the municipality and the local economy. Themed areas cover traditional crafts, the cotton weaving industry, trade and production, the flora and geography of the region, olive and citrus growing, grapes, cotton, silkworm rearing, farming, livestock and greenhouse cultivation, alongside the memory of the factory itself. The museum is on Namık Kemal Bulvarı in Fabrikalar, Kepez. The Ministry of Education profile lists it as closed on Mondays. Other museums in DokumaPark include the Anadolu Oyuncak Müzesi (Anatolian Toy Museum) and the Nostalgic Vehicles Museum.