Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Against the threat that globalization will destroy cultures that have not been able to renew themselves in the face of the modern age, international organizations such as UNESCO and ICOM emphasize the importance of museum activities for the protection of cultural heritage. Game and toy museums, which form an aspect of the cultural heritage museums that have been increasing and serving in recent years in Turkey, stand out as institutions where national values are protected and exhibited with a touristic activity, and where cultural discovery is found the opportunity to discover and live with workshop programs. In this way, the contributions of the museums, which lead to the existence of tangible and intangible cultural perception through their relationship with social memory and tradition, are evaluated through Gaziantep Game and Toy Museum.
Gaziantep Game and Toy Museum is located in Bey Neighborhood, which is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Gaziantep, which preserves its historical architecture and which has gained a touristic character with the restoration works of the municipality. A gallery with a historical Antep house built, and the museum serving in the cave attached to this house, both the toys of different cultures and traditional and factory-made toys of Turkish content are exhibited. In the art programs of the museum, creative drama and fairy tale workshops are organized, as well as games for experimentation on traditional toy making, suitable for all ages. During these activities, traditional knowledge is conveyed through games and toys, and after the workshops, traditional children's games are played in the company of museum teachers and expert trainers. In the study, Gaziantep Game and Toy Museum has the values of contributing to the living of the cultural vision revived by the social memory with the museum's exhibition collection and the living museum formula, where the game and the toy are evaluated within the multi-purpose purpose network.