Atatürk Museum, Historic house museum in Thessaloniki, Greece
The Atatürk Museum is a three-story birth house in Thessaloniki, Greece, serving as a memorial to the founder of modern Turkey. The pink facade and classic wooden doors lead into rooms furnished with late 19th-century pieces.
The building arose before 1870 in a mixed Ottoman neighborhood, where a family with children later lived. It was transferred to Turkey in 1935 and turned into a museum.
The house stands within a consulate garden and still carries its Ottoman character with pink painted walls and old wooden shutters. Visitors walk through narrow hallways and low-ceiling rooms that look as if a family lived there more than a century ago.
The museum lies within Turkish Consulate grounds on Apostolou Pavlou 17 and requires advance notice or permission to visit. Opening hours usually start in the morning and suit a short walk through the historic interior.
An old pomegranate tree still grows in the courtyard and is said to have been planted by the family who lived here in the 19th century. Its gnarled branches recall the time when the property was a home and not just a memorial.
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