Tekirdağ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum

Designed by architect Kazım Tahsin in 1927, the building served as the Governor’s Mansion until 1976. It is a masonry, two-story structure on a stone foundation. The entrance on the north side of the building is adorned with blue and white İznik tiles, and above it, a balcony supported by two masonry consoles is situated. The balcony railing is decorated with circular and star motifs. The upper floor windows have round arches and are decorated with İznik ceramics, while the ground floor windows are rectangular, with reliefs under the sills. There are two masonry balconies on the west and south sides of the building. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles. An inscription is present above the entrance door. The museum houses a total of 23,901 artifacts discovered in Tekirdağ and its surroundings, spanning from prehistoric times to the present. Of these, 4,863 are archaeological artifacts, 17,129 are coins, and 1,909 are ethnographic items, all open to visitors. The museum’s sections include a stone works hall, an archaeological artifacts hall, an ethnographic artifacts hall, and the Old Tekirdağ Room. The collection also features architectural pieces from the Hellenistic, Roman, and Eastern Roman periods, as well as sarcophagi, stelae, altars, and milestones. Ottoman-era inscriptions, fountains, fountain mirrors, and tombstones are displayed in the museum's spacious garden.