Museums

Dolmabahçe Palace Museum

Dolmabahçe Müzesi, This spectacular palace consists of 285 rooms, 44 halls, 4 grand halls, 5 main staircases, 6 hamams, and 68 restrooms. The total usable area of the three-floor, single-structure building is 45,000 meters square. The outer walls of the structure are made of stone, and inner walls are made of brick. 14 tons of…

Dolmabahçe Saat Müzesi, The Dolmabahçe Watch Museum, located at the old Inner Treasury building in the Harem Garden of the Dolmabahçe Palace, houses the exclusive watches owned by the National Palaces Clock Collection. After eight years of extensive repair and maintenance of these clocks, the museum was reopened to visitors in 2010. Meanwhile, new exhibition…

Resim ve Heykel Müzesi, This large fine arts museum, founded by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1937, is located in the Crown Prince's Suite (Veliaht Dairesi) at Dolmabahçe Palace. The Museum in Beşiktaş houses an extensive collection of Turkish and European works of art from the 19th and 20th centuries. There are over 10,000 paintings and…

Saray Koleksiyonları Müzesi, The valuable artworks of the Ottoman Palaces are now exhibited in the original building of Dolmabahçe Palace Kitchens (Matbah-ı Amire). The Museum with a 2,000-m² exhibition area is located at the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. Until the opening of the depot-museum in 2006, these art pieces had been kept in the storage…

The Museum of Divan Literature (1491) - Galata Mevlevihanesi ve Divan Edebiyatı Müzesi Founded by Divane Mehmed Çelebi Dede in 1481 during the reign of Sultan Bayezid II, Galata Mevlevi Lodge Museum was the oldest Mevlevi Lodge in Istanbul and the second largest Lodge after Yenikapi Mevlevihanesi. As it is located on Galata, which was…

Located in the first court, the Marangozhane(carpentry workshop) of Sultan Abdülhamid II is now converted into a museum for visitors. The Sultan, who was a skilled carpenter himself, made his own furniture. Those handcrafted items are displayed in the museum. Also exhibited are his personal objects, gifts and some ceramics produced in Yıldız Porcelain Factory.…

Housed in the Gedikli Concubines Building next to the palace theater, the museum displays valuable documents related to performing arts. Personal objects of famous artists are also exhibited. It is located in the 2nd Court.