Bayburt museum welcomes European Museum Award

Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum, which was established by businessman Kenan Yavuz in his village in the northern province of Bayburt, has been awarded the 2021 European Museum of the Year Silletto Award by the European Museum Forum (EMF). The award was welcomed by the city's residents.

A cultural house, established in 2013 by Yavuz in the village of Beşpınar, where he was born and raised, was granted the status as a private museum in 2019. The museum is perched on a total of 15,000 square meters, which includes 4,500 square meters closed area and 10,500 square meters open space.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 12,000 people visited the museum, which was established to embellish the social memory and carry cultural riches to the future.

Stating that it is a source of pride for the museum to be awarded an international award, Bayburt Governor Cüneyt Epcim said, "There are also special awards announced by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, but Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum received the most important museum award of the year, given under the auspices of the European Commission. We would like to announce to all of Turkey that the most prestigious award among the six awards given on the same day was given to the Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum. We expect to see all citizens, culture and tourism lovers at our museum."

Speaking about the museum format, Epcim said, "A newly developing concept in museology is 'experience tourism.' We established this place as a living and developing museum during the period when we chaired the advisory board of the museum. We think we achieved success in this. We will set various event calendars and try to take important steps towards making our museum a living and developing museum. We want to introduce Bayburt's...