Established in 1967, the museum was housed in a small building belonging to the Physical Education Administration.

In 1976, the mansion of the Tekirdağ Province Governor (Turkish: Valikonağı) was assigned to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for use as a museum.

[1] The museum building has two main stories, in addition to a basement, a loft and a garden.

Exhibitions are on display in a hall on the ground floor, in the loft and in the garden with five-level terraces.

The ethnographical section exhibits items used by the residents of the region during the Ottoman times and later, to give an example of their historic lifestyle.