Nail Çakırhan and Halet Çambel Culture and Art House was opened in 1998 with a glamorous ceremony which was joined by celebrities from art and politics, such as Tarık Akan, Ali Özgentürk, Mümtaz Soysal, Oktay Akbal, İlhan Selçuk, Mina Urgan, Şadan Gökovalı and Oktay Ekinci. After this opening, Nail Çakırhan gave the management house to the Friends of Gökova-Akyaka Society to do cultural and artistic activities of the exhibition.

The building, which is completely made by Çakırhan according to his famous Ula architecture with great care and skill, is particularly spectacular ceiling. The exhibition house whose walls are mostly with windows, is open to light from everywhere and is built in the garden of the famous Aga Han-prized house.

Starting with a photograph exhibition called “Works of Nail Çakırhan”, the “museum”, which has opened its doors to every kind of art from then on, achieved a regional, even national identity in a very short time. Like every year, it will continue to be the meeting point for both, artists from Mugla and guest art lovers from outside, with a new exhibition every two weeks from  May until October.

All art lovers are invited to be privileged to experience meeting the artists, who are always at the site of their exhibition, and discuss their works and art, beside being in Akyaka with its famous touristy values.