The Republican Education Museum was opened in Ankara in 1988 by the Ministry of National Education. The Museum of Education, which was first operated in Turkey, operates in a separate one-story building in a large park next to Ataturk High School, and displays educational holdings dating back to antiquity including books, notebooks, stamps, pens, ink, manuscripts and tests. Primary and secondary school students in Ankara and students studying in the teaching department of universities visit the museum every year to learn about the history of education in Turkey.