Adana Ethnography Museum (Adana Etnografya Müzesi)

The Adana Ethnography Museum (Adana Etnografya Müzesi) occupies a late Ottoman stone building on Taşköprü Caddesi in the Kayalıbağ quarter of Seyhan, immediately adjacent to the Roman stone bridge from which the street takes its name. The museum documents the material culture, craft traditions, and domestic life of Adana and the broader Çukurova region from the Ottoman period through the early 20th century. The permanent collection is divided into thematic rooms. The weaving and textile hall displays kilims, flat-woven Yörük tribal rugs, and embroidered garments produced by the nomadic Türkmen and Yörük communities who seasonally migrated through the Çukurova plain. A reconstructed bridal chamber illustrates traditional wedding customs, with embroidered trousseau items, jewellery, and decorative household goods arranged as they would have appeared in an affluent 19th-century Adana home. Further rooms display ceramic and metalwork from regional workshops, copperware from Adana's famous copper-beating tradition, and carved wooden furniture. The weaponry and equestrian collection contains swords, pistols, and horse trappings associated with Turkmen and early Ottoman military culture in the Cilician region. A dedicated section presents Ramazanoğlu beylik-period artefacts that contextualise the material culture of Adana's ruling dynasty before Ottoman annexation in the 16th century. The building itself is a two-storey stone structure with a central courtyard characteristic of late Ottoman Adana domestic architecture. The courtyard garden contains carved stone elements and traditional water features. The museum is a short walk from Ulu Cami and Taşköprü bridge, making it a natural third stop on a central Adana heritage circuit. Admission is low-cost and the Müzekart national museum pass is accepted.