The building where the July 23, 1919 took place the famous Erzurum Congress is located on the town square of the same name. This building in 1925 has undergone a fire, after which all the wooden parts were destroyed. Later the building was renovated and repaired and transferred to the Lyceum of Arts. Hall and two with adjacent rooms, which are on the second floor of the building at the moment are the exhibition rooms of the Museum of the Erzurum Congress.

Congress gathered in Erzurum and sixty-two delegates and held it in a building of primary school, while still a one-storey building. Congress worked for fourteen days as the Constituent Assembly finished its work, and August 7, 1919. It signed a ceasefire agreement at Mondorose. In those years, Erzurum was the most advanced city in which there was a massive awareness and understanding of the need for resistance. This congress - is an important starting point in the history of the Turkish state. It laid the first foundations of the liberation war, and adopted decision became the cornerstone principles of the national struggle.

In the history of Turkey, so this building has a special role. Today, the Museum of the Congress has the status of a private museum, it offers visitors a photograph of members of Congress, their biographies, and can also provide a list and the order of speeches, and all the remaining documents.

The building has two floors. Here, too, there are ground floor. If you look from the front on the building, it may be noted that it is built with the finest view of symmetry. It has, in addition to the main entrance are two more.

At the entrance, right on the doorstep, it is a statue of Ataturk, and beneath the walls are seats, hanging on the wall map of the area, which are listed attending delegations from all settlements. Two rooms are located on either side of the living room and furniture of the time.