Camera Museum, Malatya

38°20′54″N 38°17′30″E / 38.34841°N 38.29163°E / 38.34841; 38.29163TypePhotographic and photographic film cameras and accessoriesCollection size2,023 cameras and over 3,000 accessoriesVisitors120,000FounderMalatya Metropolitan Municipality

The Camera Museum (Turkish: Fotoğraf Makinası Müzesi) is a museum in Malatya, Turkey, exhibiting various cameras. It is the country's biggest museum of photographic technology.^[1] Established in 2017,^[2] it is the biggest museum of its art in Europe and Asia, and ranks third in the world in terms of its collection size.^[3]

The museum was established in 2017 with the initiative of the Malatya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Çakır by donation of the collection of Engineer Baki Tamer Selçuk, a camera repairman and collector.^[2] The museum features 2,023 cameras, including spy cameras, dated from 1876 to today in 44 different segments, over 3,000 accessories in 55 various segments, a cinema and projection room, a darkroom as well as two souvenir shooting corners for indoor and outdoor shots. It is visited by around 120,000 tourists yearly.^[3] On average, 50% of the visitors are locals, 35% are domestic and the rest is foreign tourists, who come especially in the summer time.^[4]

See also

• Camera Museum, Istanbul

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