The award night of the “European Museum of the Year Awards” competition, which determines the most prestigious museums in the world, of which Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum is also a finalist, will be held on YouTube on May 6 this year.

The European Museum Form / European Museum of the Year Awards, which was established in 1977 to develop museology under the auspices of the Council of Europe, to contribute to, promote and encourage institutional and professional structures, and to make original museums visible, is the Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum, which brings a new approach to ethnography museology. It was determined among the finalist museums of Turkey.

Businessperson Kenan Yavuz established a culture house in the village of Beşpınar, where he was born and raised, on a total of 15 thousand square meters, of which 4 thousand 500 square meters of indoor and 10 thousand 500 square meters of open space.

Serving as a cultural house for about 6 years, the venue has completed its development to a great extent and gained the status of “Official Private Museum” in 2019. Despite the coronavirus epidemic, the museum was visited by 12 thousand people during the summer period you passed.