The Ankara State Museum of Painting and Sculpture
 The
Ankara State Museum of painting and sculpture was build in 1927, by architect Arif Hikmet
Koyunoğlu, upon the direction of Atatürk, the great leader of Turkish Nation.
The Museum which was opened after the restoration of the building in 1980, has become
an institution which comprises all properties of a modern museum, in a short period of
time.
Today the museum, is a center of art at which the most outstanding works of the artists
who played important roles in the development of Turkish Painting and Sculpture Arts,
which have only a very rather short history compared to more traditional branches of arts,
are exhibited. In addition to the collections of art works reflecting to formation and the
development periods of Turkish Plastic Arts, and its classification, and to the library of
Plastic Arts which fills the gap in this field, enriched every year by the donations of
publishings, domestic or foreign, and a Foreign Embassies, or by new purchases, The
Archives of Turkish Artists satisfactorily respond to the needs of researchers working in
these fields.
 The
protection of the works of Arts which is one of the most important responsibilities of the
museum beside training, is done by employing a method particularly developed to ensure the
most satisfactory results when dealing with the problems arising from temperature,
humidity and sorting difficulties. Any damage due to aging which may occur in spite of all
protection measured are restored by experts in the special unit which has been set up as a
separate division within the Museum.
During the restoration of the building in 1980, and in following years, another
important point on which considerable stress was laid is the construction of workshops of
painting, sculpture and ceramics, which serve artists, both amateur and professional.
As for the security measures, whole building is furnished with closed-circuit TV,
ultrasonic and firealarm systems so as to be able to control every part of the museum.
 In
addition to be workshop at which painting and original printing courses that are demanded
by the public beyond the capacity of the museum, special workshops for Turkish Ornamenting
Arts, ceramic, and sculpture will be opened in short period of time.
Exhibitions of painting, sculpture, ceramic, printing arts and photograph programmed to
take place in Turkey within the framework of international cultural agreements, are
exhibited in the three galleries reserved for periodical exhibitions; this, the art works
of foreign countries are made known to Turkish Public. In addition, exhibitions of Turkish
artworks selected from the collection of the Museum, are organized in Foreign Countries,
within the framework of International cultural agreements.  Besides these exhibitions, retrospective
exhibitions organized by the General Directorate of Fine Arts; individual exhibitions and
competitive exhibitions are among the other activities of the Museum.
In the historical hall which has been transformed to its original design during the
restorations, different kinds of activities such as concerts, theatrical performances and
movie projections take place.
Serving to public with its modern cafeteria, sales outlet and audio system the
institution goes beyond an exhibition place for old artwork; comprising all attributes of
modern Museums of Arts.
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