The Ziraat Bank İzmir Art Museum stands in a detached building on Şehit Fethi Bey Caddesi in Konak that was put up in 1930 and carries clear marks of the National Architecture movement. The building was restored, and a selection from the bank's art collection was set aside floor by floor as the restoration went on, so that the works and the rooms were fitted to each other rather than one being moved into the other afterwards.
It is the bank's second museum, after the banking museum in its historic head office in Ankara, and the bank describes it as the first art museum opened by a bank. Alongside the permanent selection it has a hall for temporary exhibitions, a children's education workshop and digital experience areas, and it was planned with the stated aim of contributing to the cultural and artistic life of İzmir.
School parties and other groups need to book in advance.
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 09:00 - 18:00, closed Monday and on public holidays
Entry fee
- Entry fee
- Free
When to go
- Climate
- Across İzmir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 8.9 °C in January to 28 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (146 mm) and lightest in July (4 mm). Long-term means for 1938-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
