Art Museum
Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum

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Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum is an art museum in Mersin, Turkey.
About Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum
Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum (Turkish: Mersin Devlet Resim ve Heykel Müzesi) is a museum in Mersin, Turkey. The museum is in the centrum at 36°47′56″N 34°37′47″E. It is in a neighborhood known for galleries and Art Club of İçel.
The construction date of the building is not known. Probably it was an inn for the villagers in the early days of Mersin. There were stables in the ground floor. Later it was converted to a hotel and was purchased by a family from Gülnar ilçe (district). They named the hotel Gülnar Oteli ("Hotel Gülnar"). During the age of modern hotels, Hotel Gülnar was closed and was left alone for about twenty years.
With the support of İstemihan Talay, the minister of Culture between 1997-1999, the building was acquired by the government.
Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum by the numbers
- Founded
- 2002
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