Istanbul Archaeology Museums
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Rostikslav Nepomnyaschiy
About this spot
Istanbul Archaeological Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri) are a compound of museums which consist three major sections; The Archaeology Museum, The Museum of the Ancient Orient, The Tiled Kiosk Museum. These three separate main units are located in the same garden and house the palace collections formed during the late 19th century by museum director, master painter ("The Tortoise Trainer" / Pera Museum) and archaeologist Osman Hamdi Bey. Istanbul Archaeological Museum, which is the first regular museum to have appeared in the history of the Ottoman Empire and in Türkiye, has about a million artifacts from a variety of cultures, brought from the imperial lands.
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