Ankara - Kursunlu Han

Adjoining the Mahmut Pasa Bedesteni in Ankara, on its northeast side, is the Kursunlu Han, also part of the museum but used for research and other such activities rather than for displaying the collection itself. The building incorporates a laboratory, library, lecture hall, and workshops. Documentary and other evidence suggests that the caravanserai dates from before 1450 and was erected by another of Mehmet the Conqueror's Grand Viziers, Mehmet Pasa. The income from the 58-roomed two-storyed han with its cellars, stabling and shops funded a free kitchen for the poor of Üskükar.