| İzmir Women's Museum | |
| Native Name: | İzmir Kadın Müzesi |
| Native Name Lang: | Turkish |
| Map Type: | Turkey |
| Coordinates: | 38.4208°N 27.1422°W |
| Location: | 1298 sok No 14, Basmane. İzmir |
| Type: | Women museum |
| Owner: | Konak Municipality |
| Website: | İzmir Women's Museum |
İzmir Women's Museum is a museum in İzmir, Turkey. It is at 38.4208°N 27.1422°W in Konak secondary municipality of İzmir. It is the first women's museum to be established in Turkey.[1]
The museum building is a three floor-historical building in Tilkilik neighborhood. With a bay window it is a typical İzmir house. It was opened on 23 January 2014.During the opening ceremony, Konak mayor Hakan Tartan said that the municipality takes side with women.
Museum has a total of 13 rooms.[2] In the ground floor, there is a photo of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey dancing with his adopted daughter Nebile during the wedding ceremony of the latter. Various attire including golden-embroidery bindallı are displayed. A photo timeline of Turkish women, a library and a video room are also in the ground floor.[3]
The masks of pioneer Turkish women such as Halide Edib Adıvar, Cahide Sonku, Afife Jale, Füreya Koral are displayed in the garden. In the garden, there is also a statue of Nazım Hikmet. The upper floor is reserved for the women's struggles, protest and boycotts with narratation.[3] In the upper floor there is also a collection room with documents and tools both from the Ottoman and the Republican era.