Nazife Tuatay Plant Protection Museum was established in 1961 under the Plant Protection Central Research Institute. It is one of the oldest and well-established Entomology museums in Turkey. The museum presently contains more than 70.000 specimens of 3000 species, some of which date back to the 1930s, and is expanding to its collection with ongoing projects. Additionally, 51 species represented by 542 different types of specimens were identified and introduced to the scientific world for the first time at the museum. It is the duty of this department to coordinate the relevant activities, to conduct research on collection of agricultural-fauna organisms, conservation, taking out inventory, and about taxonomy throughout the country.

After all that,

• Creating and maintaining reference collections related to agricultural fauna and its factors.
• Creating and evaluating a database
• Developing identification methods for pest
• Determining the distribution of and creating an inventory of beneficial species and pollinators that can be used to manage pests.
• Establishing, developing, and maintaining the Plant Protection Museum.