Bursa Forestry Museum
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Bursa Ormancılık Müzesi | |
| Established | 29 March 1989 |
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| Location | Çekirge St., Osmangazi, Bursa, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 40°12′00″N 29°01′59″E / 40.199900°N 29.032928°E |
| Type | Forestry |
Bursa Forestry Museum (Turkish: Bursa Ormancılık Müzesi) is a museum in Bursa, northwestern Turkey dedicated to forestry. Opened in 1989, it is housed in a historic Ottoman era mansion. Its collection size is nearly 1,000 items.
The Forestry Museum is situated at Çekirge Street of Çekirge quarter in Osmangazi, Bursa, northwestern Turkey, in an Ottoman Baroquearchitectural style 19th-century building with a garden, which is called the "Saatçi Mansion".[1][2] The building was initially used as a residence. Between 1939 and 1949, it housed Bursa Forestry School ("Bursa Orman Okulu"). It served until 1983 as the office of the Forestry Regional Directorate ("Bölge Orman Müdürlüğü"). Following arrangements in 1989, it was converted into museum building.[2] On 29 March 1989, the museum was opened.[1]