Bursa Merinos Energy Museum ( tr, Bursa Merinos Enerji Müzesi) is a

technology museum A technology museum is a museum devoted to applied science and technological developments. Many museums are both a science museum and a technology museum. Some of the most historically significant technology museums are: *the Musée des Arts ...

dedicated to electricity, which was established in 2012 in the defunct power plant of an abandoned textile factory in Bursa, northwestern Turkey. The museum is situated at on Dr. Sadık Ahmet Boulevard in

Osmangazi Osmangazi is one of the central metropolitan districts of the city of Bursa in Bursa Province, as well as the fourth largest overall municipality in Turkey. The municipality has a population of approximately 778,843 as of 2012. On its own, it wo ...

district. Merinos factory was one of the state-owned factories established in 1938. It was a textile factory using the wool of

merino The Merino is a breed or group of breeds of domestic sheep, characterised by very fine soft wool. It was established in Spain near the end of the Middle Ages, and was for several centuries kept as a strict Spanish monopoly; exports of the bree ...

. With additions in 1944 and 1946 it became the biggest factory of its kind in Balkan and Mideastern countries. However, in 2004 the factory was closed within the scope of privatization program. Its land lot together with the infrastructure was handed over to the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality. The factory had its own energy plant with a ground area of . On 7 September 2012, the municipality established an energy museum. In the museum, the role of electricity in the civilization is emphasized. The history of electricity in the World, in Turkey and in Bursa, the illumination gadgets and the production of electricity are shown by the photographs and animations.Merinos pge
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