Rize Museum

Rize Museum, Rize Ethnography Museum, Tuzcuoğlu Mansion or known as the Yellow House, is a museum that has been operating since June 27, 1998 in a building constructed in the 19th century as a 19th-century civil architecture example in the Piriçelebi Neighborhood of the city center of Rize.

The mansion, reflecting the architectural fabric of the Eastern Black Sea, began serving as Atatürk House in 1984 and was repurposed as a museum in 1998.

The museum exhibits a total of 1,799 items, including 76 archaeological artifacts, 594 coins, and 1,129 ethnographic items.

The building, consisting of a basement and two floors, has its basement, which was used as a storage or stable during the period when it was a mansion, arranged for display cases; the first floor, containing the kitchen and guest rooms, has been organized as the administrative service floor of the Rize Directorate. The second floor has been arranged as a living area.

Traditional construction techniques and materials were used in the building's construction. The walls were built using a stone and wood infill technique and have traditional tiled broken roofs.