Beypazarı Open-air museum

Anatolian Living Village Open Air Museum is a culture and science museum established in 2016 on a land between the villages of Macun and Kızılcasöğüt in the Beypazarı district of Ankara.

In the village, residential architecture from the 17th and 20th centuries of the seven regions of Anatolia and the culture shaped around these homes are exhibited. It opened to visitors on 29 June 2016 as Turkey's first applied open air museum. Its founder is cultural scientist Sema Demir, who established the Beypazarı Living Museum in Beypazarı in 2007.

Within the village settlement, the Mediterranean architecture is represented by the Button House, the Black Sea architecture by the Göz Dolma House, the Central Anatolia architecture by the Ankara House, and the Southeast architecture by the Mudbrick House. Additionally, structures such as a molasses workshop, laundry, neighborhood bakery, market, prayer room, village fountain, tomb, as well as a village garden, village square and playground are present.

Visitors are informed in the museum in two ways: costumed guides accompanying visitors throughout the tour and information provided via radio theatre inside the houses.

Exhibitions of traditional professions are carried out in the shops and workshops of the market section, which is modeled after the Bursa market. These professions are: marbling art, linden bark printing, copper processing. Visitors have the opportunity to experience these handicrafts.

Thematic activities are organized in the village according to different age groups. For example, the "One Day in the Village" event for children allows visiting children to experience rural life.

Approximately 15,000 people visit the village each year.