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Ahmet Piriştina City Archive and Museum is a museum located in Izmir, Turkey.

History
The project of the City Archive and Museum, proposed by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Piriştina in 1999, was prepared in 2000. The museum building, the construction of which began in 1930, was used as a fire station between 1932-2001. The museum, which was opened as İzmir City Archive and Museum on January 10, 2004, was named after Piriştina, who lost his life on July 6 in the same year. The museum, which contains documents and artifacts related to the history of Izmir, is Turkey's first city archive and city museum. In 2018, the museum received the Archive and Collection Museum Award from the Historical Cities Association. In December 2019, the archive of the museum was made available to researchers online.