Ethnography Museum

Since 1997, after the completion of restoration, the Ethnography Museum is situated in a very distinguished venue - the Liva Paşa Mansion (Liva Paşa Konağı), which was built in 1887.

The mansion is a four-story building which includes a basement. Three of these four stories are of active use. The first story has a picture gallery, exhibiting pictures from the recent past of Kastamonu, and also a museum library. The second story is the area which exhibits the thousands of years of folk culture and crafts. Rope making, weaving, lithography, woodworking, shoemaking and Yemeni-shoemaking sections showcase the rooted and sophisticated culture in Kastamonu.

One of the most valuable works exhibited in this section is the door of the Kasaba Köyü Mahmutbey Mosque (Mahmutbey Cami). This door is utterly a masterpiece of art and one of Kastamonu’s most precious works.

The upper story of the Museum is the section are the mannequins which depict scenes of life in the Kastamonu mansion, and the functions of other rooms. This section is important, as it is a showcase of the urban culture in Kastamonu. Also, it is an expression that it was inhabited by the urban nobles.