Culture and art / Museum
İmren Erşen Oya Museum
Odunpazarı, Eskişehir
A museum in the historic Sivrioğulları Mansion displaying nearly six thousand oya (needle lace) pieces collected across Anatolia by painter İmren Erşen.
Its story
The museum was opened on 3 June 2022 by Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality in the historic Sivrioğulları Mansion in Odunpazarı. The collection consists of about six thousand oya (needle lace) pieces collected by painter İmren Erşen over sixty years from the Aegean coast, Anatolian villages and abroad. The rooms named 'Bride', 'Circumcision' and 'Three Beauties' are arranged to show the place of oya in weddings and communal life in Anatolia. Ethnographic artifacts complete the exhibition. It is one of the quiet stops in Odunpazarı for those interested in handicrafts.
Key facts
- Opened
- 2022
- Building
- Sivrioğulları Mansion
- Visit duration
- 30 minutes
Trip purpose
- Quiet
- Rainy day
Location
39.76426, 30.52565
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0mren_Er%C5%9Fen_Oya_M%C3%BCzesi | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124363634