TENEDOS LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER

The center is located on Ayazma Road, at the region of Palamar, at a distance of 2 km from the port. The collection is exhibited within a total land area of 10.235 m2, in a closed exhibition base area of 130 m2. The building is constructed in line with the traditional wine-grove cottage design of the island.

The aim of the center is to illuminate the local history of Bozcaada; by making use of all kinds of original documents and objects of Greek, Roman, Byzantium, Ottoman, and Turkish cultures; to make display to all visitors how the different cultures and people had their share in the shaping of local colour of Bozcaada in all its variety. The primary aim of the center is to improve the awareness about historic and present-day cultural qualities of Bozcaada and to derive great pleasure from this understanding. We expect our visitors to see our collection as a cultural inheritence which can be used to develop relationships between cultures. The understanding that two people with different languages, religions and cultural traits have been surviving together on this island will enhance the respect for cultural and ethnic differences.