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Nilüfer Municipality Dr. Hüseyin Parkan Sanlıkol Musical Instruments Museum
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A Musical Journey
The musical instruments collected by Dr. Hüseyin Parkan Sanlıkol as part of his personal journey intersected with Nilüfer Municipality’s efforts toward protecting and transmitting cultural legacies which resulted in the idea of a museum as well as a dream come true.
Nilüfer Municipality Dr. Hüseyin Parkan Sanlıkol Musical Instruments Museum opened its doors on August 21, 2021, with a modern and innovative approach to exhibition. The museum presents the intercultural interactions of music and social traditions to the visitors by classifying over 300 instruments into 13 different geographical regions. The museum, which introduces the visitors to various instruments from around the world throughout an intercontinental journey, categorizes the instruments according to how they are spread over the world as opposed to countries or people. While the museum presents a musical geography composed of 13 islands, due to its multi-dimensional nature along with the variety of instruments present in the collection, a rightful exception is being made by placing Turkey in the center.