Mersin State Art and Sculpture Museum ( tr, Mersin Devlet Resim ve Heykel Müzesi) is a museum in

Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...

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. The museum is in the centrum at . It is in a neighborhood known for galleries and Art Club of İçel. The construction date of the building is not known. Probably it was an inn for the villagers in the early days of Mersin. There were stables in the ground floor. Later it was converted to a hotel and was purchased by a family from

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(district) . They named the hotel ''Gülnar Oteli'' ("Hotel Gülnar"). During the age of modern hotels, Hotel Gülnar was closed and was left alone for about twenty years. With the support of

İstemihan Talay Mustafa İstemihan Talay (born 1945) is a Turkish politician and former government minister. Early life İstemihan Talay was born to İbrahim Rifat and Emine in Tarsus ilçe (district) of Mersin Province in 1945. He completed Tarsus American ...

, the

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between 1997-1999, the building was acquired by the government. Yumuktepe on line Art page by Semihi Vural
/ref> Following a restoration project, in 2002, it was opened as a state art and sculpture museum. The ground floor is the gallery and the upper floor is reserved for the office and the meeting room.Ministry do Culture Mersin branch page
/ref> The construction material of the two storey building is cut stone. Corbels were made by lath and plaster method.

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{{Mersin Province Buildings and structures in Mersin Art museums and galleries in Turkey 2002 establishments in Turkey State Art and Sculpture Museums established in 2002