The Artisans Museum, which aims to showcase Sivas’s culture of craftsmanship, its master artisans, and the trades synonymous with Sivas, as well as the handicrafts shaped by the artisans’ hands, attracts a large number of visitors.
The Sivas Artisans Museum focuses primarily on the handicrafts of Sivas and the surrounding region, including tinsmiths and coppersmiths, cartwrights, farriers, blacksmiths, clog makers, shoe makers, sandal makers, bakers, bone comb makers, tailors, carpenters and woodcarvers, quiltmakers and cotton carders, saddlers, shoemakers and cobblers, tin smiths, silversmiths, silk merchants, rosary makers, Musical Instrument Maker/Lute Player, Chest Maker, Spoon Maker, Cap Maker, Wool Merchant-Felt Maker, Watch Repairer, Barber, Candy Maker, and Spice Shop—all have been brought to life with production tools and products appropriate to the period.
Knife-maker, Potter (Potter), Pipe-maker, Wooden Toy-maker, Rug and Kilim (Socks, Hair Bags, Saddlebags), Calligraphy, and Decoration shops have also been recreated.
