The abandoned church in a city centre at Kuruköprü which was built in 1845 was arranged as a museum after 1924. Following the transfer of the material to the new museum building in 1972, the church was restored and has been used as an Ethnography Museum since 1983. 

Stone Works 

Inscriptions and tomb stones in "kufi", "sülüs" and "nezih" calligraphy are exhibited in the garden. 

In the southern and northern sections, female and male tomb stones in the Ottoman tradition from the 17th century are displayed including plain, coin headed, mecidiye type stones as well as stones with crowns shaped as fez, turban or in the baroque style. Tomb stones of some prominent people such as the Governor of Adana, Süleyman Paşazade Ahmet Pasha, the Local Administrator of Karaisali, Hasan Fevzi Bey, The Military Governor of Adana, Miratizade İbrahim Bey, the Treasure of Adana, Mustafa Bey of Sophia, the Chief Forest Inspector Akif Efendi can be found among the collection. 

In the western section, inscriptions from the Turkish-Islamic works are exhibited. The most prominent examples among them are the restoration inscriptions of Misis Inn, Adana Governor's Bureau, Bahripaşa Fountain, Taşköprü (the Stone Bridge), Misis Bridge and the Ottoman State Seal. 

Ethnographical Works 

Case no.1 : rough leather foot-wear, holy water (zemzem) set, copper coffee urn, wooden coffee grinders, brazier, bride's clogs, hedik, hand protection (kirkit), bellows, kirkit, sacks, sun measure

Case no.2 : Instruments - Ney, reed pipe (kaval), tribal zurnas

Case no.3: Gold earrings, necklaces and bracelets

Case no.4: Silver belts and belt buckles

Case no.5 : Necklaces and worry beads with silver charms

Case no.6: Silver anklet, ring, head piece (tepelik) and bracelet, cigarette holder, kohl box , and watch with chain

Case no.7 : Bowed musical instruments (kabak kemane, tambur, kemençe)

Wall Case no.8: Sword and shield

Case no.9: Short jacket with split sleeves (cepken) woman's garment with gilt embroidery, gilt weaved women's garment displayed on a mannequin

Case no.10 : Garments - two bindallı and cepken displayed on mannequins 

Weaving (Istar) Section 

Hand looms, and weaving instruments and tools (loom, shuttle, kirkit, bowspinning wheel, ılkıdır, kirmen, çıkrık) and kilim samples on the wall. 

Nomad (Yörük) Tent 

Black horse hair tent. Inside the tent: trousseau bags, felts and kilims on the floor, wall pillows, a lamp, a partridge cage, a hızman, a gun and a gun powder case. In front of the tent a leather foot-wear (çarık), a wooden water cup, a stone mortar, a churn, and a spoon case. On the left side of the tent a nomad girl with a butter churn, a hand grinder and on the wall a kilim with a ram horn motif. 

Oriental Room 

In the centre there is a brazier and a fully costumed nomad girl mannequin. On the wall there is a deer skin and a copper tray with inscriptions. 

Cases no.1-2-3 : Gilded and lithographic Korans, and samples of "güz"

Case no.4 : Sword, and knife samples

Case no 5: Gun powder filled guns and gun powder cases

Case no.6: Flintlock guns

Wall case no.7 : Sword and shield

Case no.8 : Hand towels and money pouches with silver gilt thread embrodiery

Case no 9 : Commonly used garments of the nomadic tribe women 

Panels 

Samples of hand woven material from the nomadic tribes living in the Taurus mountains including kilims of various styles such as cicim, zili, sumak, ilikli and plain weaves, rug, saddle bag, prayer rugs and pillows. There are also felt prayer rugs and trousseau bags.

The museum which houses historical heritage from Adana as well as the whole Çukurova region, was established just after the formation of the Republic in 1924. Hence, it is one of the ten oldest museums of Turkey. The museum initially started with the collection of the columns, column capitals and sarcophagi found in the vicinity of the Police Department. Alyanakzade Halil Kamil Bey from Adana was appointed as a museum director and thanks to his successful work and extraordinary efforts and performance the accumulated material was moved to the Medrese section of the no longer existing Cafer Pasha Mosque in 1928 and then opened to the public. 

The museum was moved to the building presently occupied by the Ethnography Museum at Kuruköprü in 1950. Material from the early ages of Çukurova which was discovered during the excavations carried out at Tarsus / Gözlükule (1934), İçel / Yumuktepe (1936), Ceyhan / Sirkeli (1938) and Yüreğir / Misis(1958) in particular, was collected at the museum. The museum eventually was filled to the brim with the ethnographic material collected by the Museum Director Ali Rıza Yalman (Yalkın) during the investigations he carried out between 1933 – 1940, and as it was the only museum of the region with material obtained either through purchases or court decisions from a large area reaching from Kahramanmaraş to G. Antep, the museum moved to its current premises on 7 January 1972. 

Garden 

At the museum entrance there is a Gate Lion from the Hittite period and two Augustus Statues from Silifke / Taşucu and Uzunburç. The exhibited material includes sarcophagi with rich garland decorations, jugs, catapult shots, inscriptions, altars and various architectural elements. 

Ground Floor 

This floor is the hall of stone-cut artefacts. A marble sarcophagus depicting the Trojan wars in high relief is from Tarsus and is known as the Akhilleus sarcophagus. There is also a sarcophagus with a medusa from the antique city of Augusta which was submerged because of the Seyhan Dam Reservoir, and a human size bronze Karataş Statue from the Karataş / Magarsus Ancient City, both of which are the most popularly viewed pieces of this hall. 

Hall of Chronological Objects

Here, a large variety of findings are exhibited from the very early ages to the Ottoman period, including offerings, pottery, oil lamps, gods, goddesses and animal figurines. The Mosaic of Orpheus Playing the Lyre, discovered at Adana / Tepebağ, is also in this hall. 

Hall of Regional Objects

Material from the Adana museum's own collection obtained from the excavations and through purchases is exhibited. Glass object samples with rich forms, Seljuk tiles and seals from various civilizations are also displayed. 

Hall of Coins, Seals and Jewellery 

Starting with the Lydians, who were the first to make coins, jewellery and buried treasures discovered in the districts of Adana are exhibited.