Rize

Atatürk House and Ethnographic Museum

The building, located in the district center, Muftü Mahallesi, was built in 1921. It's a three-story mansion with an interior sofa plan. Atatürk came to Rize during his visit to the country in 1924 and stayed in this house as a guest of Mehmet Mataracı. It was donated to the Provincial Special Administration by the Mataracı Family to be turned into a museum on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Atatürk. It was donated to the Provincial Special Administration by the Mataracı Family to be turned into a museum on its anniversary. The building was renovated on December 27th. It was opened as the Rize Atatürk House Museum on 12 December 1985. Rize Atatürk House Museum was opened in 1985. There is a large garden in the north of the mansion, where some items belonging to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk are exhibited, as well as ethnographic artifacts excavated from the area.