Ataturk Museum was built as a house by a carpent trader called Takfor between the years 1875-1880 and located in 1.Kordon Atatürk Street . It was abandoned by its owner in 9 September 1922 and became a property of the government . The Türkiye Army used it as headquarters when they entered İzmir . When the Izmir Economic Congress convened on February 17, 1923, Atatürk continued his personal work here. At the end of the congress, the headquarters moved from this building and the government has rented the building to Naim Bey to be used as a hotel . Atatürk came to Izmir on 16 June 1926 and stayed at Naim Palas with İsmet Pasha. On October 13, 1926, the building was bought by the Municipality of Izmir and some new items were added to the building. Then it was given to Atatürk as a gift . Atatürk stayed in this house every time he came to Izmir between 1930-1934. After the death of Atatürk on 10 November 1938, the house was transferred to his sister Makbule Baysan by inheritance . On 25 September 1940, İzmir Municipality expropriated the building to make a museum. The museum was opened to public on 11 September 1941.
The museum has been renamed as "Atatürk Provincial Public Library and Izmir City Ataturk Museum" in October 5 , 1962 . On December 28, 1972, the Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Culture issued the 12088 numbered letter to the Izmir Archeology Museum. It was restored,regulated and opened on 29 October 1978 as "Atatürk and Ethnography Museum". After the transfer of the ethnographic works to the new Ethnography Museum , the museums name became '' Ataturk Museum '' .
The building has a neoclassical style consisting of a mixture of Ottoman and Levantine architecture . It consists of a basement, ground, 1st floor and penthouse. The rectangular rear facade consists of a quarry structure, covering 852 m² of space with a courtyard . There is a canopy on the first floor on the front.
All ground floors are furnished with large marble plates. In the main hall , There is a 34.5 m² Uşak carpet on the floor , marble sculptures on the right and left niches,a large crystal mirror and Atatürk bust. In the room on the right and left and in the small hall, there are exquisite fireplaces of the 19th century style . There are 2 bronze knight statuettes at the top of the stairs leading to the first floor . A great Atatürk portrait hangs in the stairway.  
On the first floor there are rooms for Atatürk to use . These are: meeting room, study room, bedroom, guest room, barber room, guard room, waiting-reception room, library, dining room and bathroom. In the meeting room, there is a roulette table with a green stud in the middle and 12 Cosmos brand chairs around it . On the backs of 10 small sized mahogany chairs based on the walls of the hall, some scenes from Shakespeare's works have been portrayed. In the bedroom there is a mahogany bed, 2 bedside tables, 2 velvet armchairs, 1 sofa, 1 sunbed, 1 marquise and 3 closets. Bedrooms are furnished according to the fashion of that era . The library has a French encyclopedia. There is an oak veneer desk in the study room and the writing tool used by Atatürk on it. The rooms are decorated with bronze sculptures, vases and oil paintings. There are Isparta and Uşak carpets on the ground.