SPATIAL FLEXIBILITY IN MUSEUM BUILDINGS AND EXAMINATION OF CURRENT SAMPLES

In this article, the changes in the management of museum buildings and its effects on the developments in the museum design were examined. Firstly, types of museum buildings are classified and described chronologically. After that selected examples from Turkey and the world were analyzed in terms of the horizontal and vertical flexibility of interior space, new functions, space extentions, and museum morphology in chronological order. As a result, it was concluded that the developments in museum management changed in museum design. In the first museum samples by static museology concept, storing and exhibiting objects were essential. In today’s museums, it is seen that temporary exhibitions, course spaces, stages and meeting places are added to the museum spaces. It is concluded that with these changes, museum types have become the meeting point of urban citizens by addition of cultural, social activities, temporary art exibitions in the present time.