Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in The Heart Of Turkey

The intangible cultural heritage (ICH), which is defined as practices, representations, narratives, knowledge, skills and related tools, materials and cultural places that communities, groups, individuals define as part of their cultural heritage, is transferred via the ways including generational narratives, arts and traditions. In the scope of the research, it’s aimed to examine the ways of publicity, protection and transfer of the listed values. In order to reach this aim, Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Ankara was selected as the research area. In this research, Turkey's ICH, including the ones in UNESCO list and ICH of Ankara, promotion and transmission quality have been revealed within the services and activities offered in the museum. Firstly, a list of ICH created, listed ICH were broached to museum manager and provide him to choose which of them were exhibited by their museum. In the light of the obtained data, in-depth interviews with founders were conducted to get detailed information about ICH can be seen in the museum, the achievement of the aims of the museum and the objectives set by the organizers