Oleatrium Olive and Olive Oil History Museum, which is a part of Değirmen Eko Yatırım A.Ş., is a special status museum established with the mission of collecting, preserving and exhibiting information about olives and object related to olive oil production from the past to the present. Oleatrium, where the centuries-long development and transformation of olives and olive oil are exhibited with the principle of not only knowing the value of olives, which are seen as the gift of the geography to mankind, but also spreading this value to all people , telling, informing and informing; Oleatrium, on the other hand, embraces the idea of sustainability and urban museology. Oletarium aims not only to be an exhibition and storage area, but also to host local activities in the district, province and region where it is located, to become an educational and cultured institution publications are made, contributing to the promotion of our country. Message from our Founders Hasan Tonbul and Gürsel Tonbul “We wanted to convey to future generations the technical development process of olive oil starting fram the first known production devices untin the early industrial period, its usage places and purposes, and its effect on the progress of prosperity and civilisation in the places wehere it is produced. We hope that the “Oleatrium” Olive and Olive Oil History Museum”, which we have created in order to reflect, share, make sense of the olive and olive oil culture of the lands we live in, the connection of olive with Anatolian and Mediterranean history, and leave a legacy fort he future will be as ancient as an olive tree.

Creation Process of the Museum Oleatrium Museum of Olive and Olive Oil History is home to a special collectiom of Hasan Tobul’s collection, which he has collected and preserved from different regions of Anatolia for 30 years. In May 2009, the preparation of the draft Project was started, in Octaber the Project was finalised and in November the construction was started. Within a short period of 17 months, the construction and equipment were completed and the museum was opened as the “Oleatrium Exhibition Hall” May 2011 and was granted the status of a “private museum” in 2012 The name of museum, “OLEATRİUM”, is a combination of the Latin words olea (olive) and atrium (large, large area, courtyard) and means “ large area, courtyard related to olive”. As construction materials in the architecture, mostly local and salvaged or dismantled products (blended brick-stone-wood etc.) were preferred in order to ‘protect by using’ with the theme of sustainability. The entrance axis and lobby part, which is the first reception area, are planned on the scale of an olive oil factory; The museum, which consists of an exterior garden,an interior garden, a lobby and 11 exhibitions halls, has a total usage area of  3.000 m 2 with its closed aisle areas and interior garden. The lobby area is used as a seminar area where visitors are given the first information about the museum and where various social and cultural activities are organised. The lobby is complemented by a museum store where various products of the farm, especially organic olives, olive oil and wines, are sold. Consisting of 11 independent aisles, the exhibition areas are in the understanding of a time tunnel that follows each other in a chronological  order starting from 2500 years ago to 100 years ago. In addition, the presene of objects that emphasise the periods to which they are related, which are exhibited with care not to be visually and aesthetically highlighted, adds a different richness to the museum.