| Archaeology Museum |
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Istanbul Archaeology Museums consist of three museums. Those are Archaeology Museum, Old Eastern Works Museum and Enameled Kiosk Museum.
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| Asiyan Museum |
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Located at Rumelihisar on Bosphorus, Asiyan Museum is the former residence of the famous Turkish poet Tevfik Fikret (1867 - 1915).
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| Ataturk Museum |
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The place where first steps were taken in ressurection of a nation..
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| Aviation Museum |
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Aviation Museum was first built in Izmir in 1971. The museum which was closed in 1979
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| Beylerbeyi Palace Museum |
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The area of Beylerbeyi on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus has been settled since Byzatine times. According to the famous 18th century traveller Inciciyan, Constantine the Great erected a cross here, after which the area was known as the Istavroz Gardens.
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| Calligraphy Museum |
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The today's Calligraphic Arts Museum was former the Beyazit Medresesi (Educational Institution)
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| Caricature and Cartoon Museum |
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For something different try the Caricature and Cartoon Museum in Fatih re-opened in the Gazanfer Aga complex (1989).
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| Chora Museum |
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This museum, which is considered by some to be the most interesting Byzantine Church in Istanbul due to its magnificent mosaics and frecoes
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| City Museum |
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Located inside the gardens of Yildiz Palace, this museum preserves and documents the history of Istanbul since the Ottoman conquest
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| Divan Literature Museum |
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Located in Tunel district of Taksim, the building once was a dergah (prayer house) of the Mevlevi order now serves as the Divan Literature Museum.
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| Great Palace Mosaic Museum |
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It is believed that the Great Palace of Constantinople was constructed during the reign of Justinian I (527-565). The Great Palace mosaic was the largest and the most beautiful landscape in antiquity (6th century A.D).
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| Hagia Sophia Museum |
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Hagia Sophia: The most renowned Byzantine cathedral and the bestknown Christian church in Istanbul. The first church was built between 325-360 AD. Construction was begun during the reign of Constantine and completed by his son Constantius (337-361 AD.)
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| Islamic Sciences & Technology History Museum |
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Opened by the Metropolitan Munipality in May 2008 in Gulhane Park, near Topkapi Palace
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| Istanbul Modern |
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Opened in 2004, the Istanbul Modern Art Museum (usually just calles Istanbul Modern) is a museum for contemporary art in Istanbul
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| Istanbul Toy Museum |
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The small museum is located in Goztepe was founded by the Turkish poet an novelist Sunay Akin, in 2005 (April 23).
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| Military Museum |
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The origins of the Military Museum might be said to date back to early Ottoman period, when weapons and instruments of war were assembled in the Imperial Treasuries at Yenisehir, Bursa and Edirne
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| Museum of Fine Arts |
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The Museum of Fine Arts occupies the section reserved for crown princes in the Dolmabahce Palace.
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| Museum of Turkish Carpets |
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Located in the Hunkar Pavilion (royal residence), the museum has exquisite antique carpets
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| Naval Museum |
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The rich collections of the museum are exhibited in two buildings and the garden. The large building contains a collection of old boats, while in the smaller rooms and halls of the three-storied main building, you one can find equipment and furniture from
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| Ottoman Bank Museum |
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The building in the Voyvoda Street ( Bankalar Caddesi, banks street) in Karakoy, built by the renowned French-Turkish architect Alexander Vallaury in 1890
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| Pera Museum |
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The museum is housed in a renovated historical building, which was originally constructed in 1893 by the architect Achille Manoussos in the Tepebasi neighborhood of Istanbul.
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| Rahmi Koc Industry Museum |
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The museum is set in an Ottoman-period building, an 18th century factory which produced anchors and their chains.
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| Rumeli Fortress Museum |
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The Rumeli Fortress, or Rumeli Hisari, was built in 1452 by Sultan Mehmed The Conqueror as a part of his efforts to conquer the city of Constantinople. Located at the narrowest point of the Bosphorus on the European side
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| Sadberk Hanim Museum |
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Up the Istanbul strait and shortly before Buyukdere, the collection of an Armenian civil servant fills two charming 19th century wooden villas.
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| Sakip Sabanci Museum |
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The museum is a private arts museum in Emirgan, Istanbul, dedicated to calligraphig art, religious and state documents, as well as paintings of the Ottoman era. Founded by Sakip Sabanci, the museum opened in June 2002.
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| SantralIstanbul Energy & Arts Museum |
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The SantralIstanbul, opened in 2007, is an arts and cultural complex located at the upper end of Golden Horn in the Eyüp district of Istanbul
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| Tanzimat (Periods of Reforms) Museum |
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Located at the Gulhane Park, the museum of Tanzimat houses 19th century documents, artifacts, medallions and objects belonging to the Ottoman Tanzimat period
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| Topkapi Museum |
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After the conquest of Istanbul, Mehmet the Conqueror chose a site on the Forum Tauri - Beyazit Square for his first palace. So called "Old Palace" is referred to in the sources as a walled complex, altough no traces of it now remain.
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| Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum |
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Turkish and Islamic Works Museum is the first Turkish museum covering the Turkish and Islamic art works. The establishment works started at the end of the 19th century was completedin 1913 and the museum was opened for visit in the soup kitchen building l
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