Fig 1.
Representative photographs of sampling locations in the Ege University Ethnography Museum.
(A) Storage corridor used for artifact preservation (lower floor), (B) Upper floor exhibition hall containing ethnographic textiles and costumes (C) Ethnographic kitchen display (lower floor), (D) Traditional garment display – Kosovo/Prizren section (upper floor), (E) Zeybek traditional costume showcase representing an IDC sampling point, (F) Staff office room sampled as part of indoor environmental monitoring, (G) Outdoor museum environment representing the OME sampling point.
Fig 2.
Workflow diagram summarizing the methodological steps of the study.
Fig 3.
Distribution of average microbial load (CFU/m³) measured in DG-18 (fungal) and PCA (bact., bacterial)) media across different sampling locations, including inside display cases (IDC), outside display cases (ODC), and outdoor museum environment (OME), during September and May sampling periods.
Table 1.
Identified fungal species isolated from IDC, ODC, and OME.