Baksi Museum

This extraordinary museum rising in Bayraktar village formerly known as Baksi, includes contemporary art and traditional handcrafts side-by-side under the same roof. Exhibition halls, Warehouse Museum, workshops, conference hall, library and guest house, Baksı Museum is spreading in a land of 40 acres, and it sprouted as a dream of Bayburt-born artist and academy Professor. Dr. Hüsamettin Koçan in 2000. This project is the result of an effort to carry life to Husamettin Koçan's lands. Baksı Culture and Art Foundation was founded in 2005 in order to make this idea come to life. The museum has turned into a true social project over the years with the contribution of many volunteers, especially artists.