The Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages ( tr, Tofaş Anadolu Arabaları Müzesi) is a private

transport museum A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can als ...

in Bursa, Turkey owned by the Turkish automobile maker

Tofaş Tofaş (acronym for ''Türk Otomobil Fabrikası Anonim Şirketi''; ''Turkish Automobile Factory Joint-Stock Company'' pronounced ) is a Turkish automobile manufacturer which was established in 1968 by Vehbi Koç, who was the founder of Koç Ho ...

and dedicated to various carriages ( tr, Araba) from

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

and Tofaş-manufactured cars. It was opened on June 30, 2002. Situated in the historic Umurbey neighborhood of Yıldırım district, the museum is housed in a renovated building of that was an abandoned silk production plant. The facility was leased to the Bursa-based Tofaş Company for museum purposes by the Metropolitan Municipality of Bursa. TofasMuze1

The museum's collection consists of historic carriages including a two-axle horse-drawn Bursa carriage, oxen drawn carts, canon carriages,

wain A wagon or waggon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draught animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people. Wagons are immediately distinguished fro ...

s for hay and firewood, phaetons, powered carriages,

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

carriage, which are examples of fine carpentry and

blacksmith A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, gr ...

ing. The most important exhibit of the museum is the replica of a 6th-century B.C. chariot, which was reproduced between 1998 and 1999 from artifacts unearthed during roadworks in a crypt at Üçpınar Tumulus near

Balıkesir Balıkesir () is a city in Turkey and is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is located in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 338,936. Between 1341–1922, it was the capital of Karasi. History Close to ...

. The chariot was formerly on display at the

Bursa Archaeological Museum Bursa Archaeological Museum ( tr, Bursa Arkeoloji Müzesi), shortly Bursa Museum, is a national museum in Bursa, Turkey, exhibiting archaeological artifacts found in and around the province. File:Archaeological museum 7689.jpg, Hellenistic figu ...

Further museum exhibits are automobiles including the first Murat 124 (Fiat 124) built in Turkey,

Tofaş Şahin The Tofaş Murat 131, Şahin, Doğan, and Kartal are Turkish versions of the old Fiat 131 (older models) automobile made in the Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş. factory in Bursa, Turkey. While ''doğan'' means "falcon" in Turkish, ''kartal'' m ...

(Fiat 131), Fiat Uno,

Fiat Tipo The Fiat Tipo (Type 160) is a compact car, designed by the I.DE.A Institute design house, and produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 1988 and 1995. The Tipo was initially available only as a five-door hatchback. The car was made enti ...

Fiat Doblò The Fiat Doblò is a panel van and leisure activity vehicle produced by Italian automaker Fiat since 2000. It was unveiled at the Paris Motor Show in October 2000. A second-generation Doblò succeeded the original vehicle in 2010 for most market ...

and

Fiat Albea The Fiat Albea is a subcompact car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat between 2002 and 2012, at the Tofaş facilities in Turkey. It is the European version of the global Fiat Siena, the sedan car derived from the hatch compact Fiat Palio. ...

. In a special corner, trophies won by Tofaş in motorsport are on display. The museum also hosts events like temporary exhibitions of technological art as well as jazz concerts during the Bursa International Festival. The museum is open to the public everyday but Mondays from 10:00 to 17:00 hours local time.

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