Guide
The Uşak City History Museum stands in the centre of Uşak and presents the social, cultural and economic history of the city through modern display methods. It was created by restoring a historic building, and it sets out to tell visitors both the long past of Uşak and the city's identity as a place of firsts.
The building dates from the 1890s. It is thought to have been planned at first as a secondary school, but over time it was put to a range of public uses. During the war of independence it served as the headquarters of the First Cavalry Division. After the republic was declared it was used for many years as a hospital and as an administrative building, and it was known for a period as the old governor's office. Having fallen derelict, it was restored by the Uşak municipality and turned into a museum.
The project was carried out by the municipality, and after the restoration and the arrangement of its content the museum opened formally on 1 September 2016, the anniversary of the liberation of Uşak.
Rather than telling the history of the city in order of date, the museum works by theme. It uses modern museum techniques — interactive screens, dioramas, wax figures and reconstructions.
The museum stands in the city centre, near the provincial government offices and the municipality.
