| Official Name | Adana Sinema Müzesi |
|---|---|
| English Name | Adana Cinema Museum |
| Museum Type | Cinema and film history museum |
| Location | Kayalıbağ Caddesi, 01010 Seyhan, Adana, Türkiye |
| Collection Focus | Turkish cinema viewed through Adana’s filmmakers, performers, writers, artists, and cinema heritage |
| Research Holdings | A digital archive of about 3,000 films, books, and an archive of around 10,000 photographs of Adana |
| Admission | Free according to the current municipal tourism listing |
| Visiting Hours | Weekdays 08:00–17:00; Saturday 09:00–17:00; Sunday 10:00–17:00 |
| Telephone | +90 322 454 38 57 |
| Official Information | Adana Metropolitan Municipality – Rota Adana |
Adana Cinema Museum presents cinema history through the unusually strong relationship between Adana and Turkish filmmaking. Rather than treating the subject only as a national chronology, the museum concentrates on actors, directors, writers, artists, and other cinema figures associated with Adana.
Cinema History Through an Adana Lens
The displays combine cinema memorabilia with material connected to individual artists. Among the objects identified by Adana Metropolitan Municipality is the costume used by İrfan Atasoy in the film Killing. The museum also contains sculptures representing Yılmaz Güney, Abidin Dino, and Orhan Kemal, together with personal belongings associated with artists.
These displays place cinema alongside Adana’s wider literary and artistic history. Yılmaz Güney became one of the best-known filmmakers associated with the city, while Orhan Kemal’s writing is closely tied to the social landscape of Adana and Çukurova. Abidin Dino adds a visual-arts connection to the museum’s treatment of the city’s cultural life.
Film and City Archives
The museum is also intended for research. The municipal tourism service lists a digital collection of about 3,000 films along with books that are available to researchers. This gives the institution a role beyond its public exhibition rooms, particularly for work concerning Turkish cinema and Adana’s place within it.
A separate photographic archive contains around 10,000 images of Adana, many of them historical. The photographs document the city itself rather than cinema alone, making the archive useful for examining changes in Adana’s streets, buildings, neighborhoods, and everyday urban environment.
Mehmet Baltacı Photography Museum
Adana Cinema Museum also houses the Mehmet Baltacı Photography Museum. Its collection includes numerous historical cameras, with the oldest examples dated to 1890 according to the municipality’s museum description.
The photography collection broadens the institution’s subject from moving images to the history of image-making itself. Cameras and the large Adana photograph archive connect photographic technology with the visual record of the city.
The Museum Building and Location
The museum occupies a historic mansion in Kayalıbağ, close to the Seyhan River in central Adana. The building forms part of the historic residential fabric in this part of Seyhan, so the museum combines its cinema collection with an older Adana architectural setting.
Adana Metropolitan Municipality maintains an official 360-degree listing for the Cinema Museum as well as information through its Rota Adana tourism service. Because opening arrangements can change, visitors making a time-sensitive trip can confirm the current schedule through the municipality before arrival.