Lületaşı Müzesi (Meerschaum Museum)

Lületaşı Müzesi (Meerschaum Museum)

The Lületaşı museum is tucked within a 16th century mosque complex on the edge of the touristy Odunpazarı old town, occupying a narrow L-shaped corridor in a corner building. It's a showcase for master carvers of the mineral sepiolite, locally known as lületaşı, but better known to the rest of the world as meerschaum — a soft, white clay mineral used to make tobacco pipes. The museum is small and simple, consisting of a few display cases and exp…