Antalya cuisine and dining culture museum design

In company with alternation and development of museum studies of late years, the history of cities are started to be studied with museology and as a result of this Museums of Cities are born. City museums which rapidly developed in the world and in our country of last years, are quite important to be memory of a city.It is necessitated to consider the improvement of dining and cuisine inside of the city culture, as it gives a shape to the way of living of communities. Antalya cuisine is considerably rich due to its location and the different cultures are hosted down to the ages. In this article, the change and differences of a culture, existed since Neolitic Ages untill Modern Ages, are tried to be under depated, told and classified with samples.In this study Antalya cuisine is tried to identified after a general introduction to the concepts of cuisine and dining. It is examined under headings such as; Nature of Antalya, Antalya cuisine and its culture and documents, the migrations to Antalya region, the change, improvement and resons of Antalya cuisine and dining culture. Then it is also suggested a design of a museum as a result of all these researches, by bringing clarity why should such a museum is necessary in Antalya.In the study, a museum which is going to describe cultural wealth, nature, economy, and the development throught the history of the city of Antalya by using the elements of the cuisine and dining is suggested.