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Usak City History Museum, Usak is the first city in Turkey where electricity was used to light the streets. This building, which serves as a museum today, is a former electricity production building, where the first power plant in the country is located, there are eleven rooms. On the left side of the entrance is the story of the electricity coming to the city of Usak, the power plant, there are lighting fixtures, gas lamps, a generator from 1940, electrical circuit breakers from 1954 to 1964, a 1949 license plate bicycle, and six street lights inspired by a picture of a 1922 Ushak train station. On the right side of the entrance there are two student figurines made of silicone, old photos and teaching materials. In the mezzanine, regional costumes and wedding animations with silicone models are displayed, there is the municipal room where the mayors of Usak are presented, the press room with newspapers and magazines published in the city, the spear room with statues of horses and javelins, and the sports room where athletes are presented in Usak, the culinary culture room where ancient food items are located.
