Karagoz Museum

A very interesting museum! I've read about the Karagoz and Bahlavan in the Middle Eastern and Central Asian culture before and how they influenced kingdoms and civilians but never thought of finding a place that tells the story through pictures, old newspapaers and wooden figures from various destinations. Also, i was lucky to attend a Karagoz play during a school trip. Of course, it was in turkish and i didn't understand a word, but the music was so entertaining it reminds me of my childhood, add to that the excitement and energy i felt amongst the children..That was priceless!! متحف الاراجوز

Entrance is free of charge. Building is very nice from outside but inside exposition is boring. And text is very long which makes it difficult to read and in the end you don't get any idea about the shadow theatre.

Ive always loved karagoz and hacivat! Used to watch some clips on tv back in the day so seeing this was super cool! Its a shame the culture of storytelling with puppets is dying whilst it being a very fun and special. Its a small museum and it was free to enter. It was super interesting to read the given information and see how those puppets actually look like in real life. I wouldve loved for this museum to have a museumshop with souvenirs! Sadly stores nearby didnt sell anything related to karagoz and hacivat either

If you are nearby, pop in. Signs are in Englishand Turkish, and some of the staff speak a little English. They do live puppet shows some mornings too (call ahead ri check). You need about 30-60 minutes to do it justice.

A nice little nusum about the history of Karagioz.... Unfortunately the info is not in English but just in Turkish language!

If you come to bursa you must visit this place, it's worth it! We fell in love with the place and shared the Chinese art of shadow puppets with the artist

One of the highlights of our stay in Nevsehir. The children loved playing with the shadow puppetry and having a go at “ebru”, Turkish marbling. We had the entire place to ourselves first time we went. Children loved it so much that we came back after a couple of days. There was a school trip visiting and a short puppetry show was put on (in Turkish) which was a bonus!

Very nicely kept the historic puppets.