METU Science and Technology Museum

Established in 2003 in Ankara, the METU Science and Technology Museum is an institution affiliated with Middle East Technical University. The museum aims to document the technological developments that have taken place in Anatolia since 7000 BCE and to showcase contemporary technologies. Work on the museum began in 2001 and was completed in 2005.

Located within the university campus, the museum complex consists of four main sections. These include the exhibition building known as the “Great Silo,” which presents the evolution of science and technology from past to present; the “Hangar,” which houses the Transportation History exhibition; the “UFO,” a hands-on science center featuring more than 50 interactive experiments; and an open-air exhibition area. The open-air section displays locomotives, a C-47 aircraft, an F-104 jet, and other vehicles and machinery collected with contributions from various university units and partner institutions.

In October 2003, former Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit donated his historic Erika typewriter—which he had used for nearly 70 years since his primary school years—to the METU Science and Technology Museum, expressing his feelings with the following words:

“I am proud to donate my typewriter to a scientific institution such as METU.”