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.