Ahmet Piriştina City Archives and Museum

Ahmet Piriştina City Archives and Museum is a museum located in the city of Izmir, Turkey.

History

The project of the City Archives and Museum proposed by İzmir Metropolitan Mayor Ahmet Piriştina in 1999 was prepared in 2000. The museum building, which began construction in 1930, was used as a fire station between 1932 and 2001. The museum, which opened on 10 January 2004 as the İzmir City Archives and Museum, was named after Piriştina, who died on 6 July of the same year. The museum is the first city archives and museum in Turkey with documents and artifacts related to the history of İzmir. In 2018, the museum received the Award of the Archives and Collection Museum, given by the Association of Historic Cities. In December 2019, the museum was added to the European Museum of Art on April 2026 through the Internet through the Internet Research Institute.