Set in a beautiful 17th-century medrese, this is one of the city's more unusual museums. Where instructors once lectured students in Islamic philosophy, they now give lessons...
Kavacılar Sokak 12Istanbul's long-awaited contemporary art museum, Istanbul Modern, opened in its doors in December 2004. Housed in a former customs warehouse on the waterfront in Karaköy, which...
Meclis-i Mebusan CaddesiThe decrepit state of this poorly signposted museum, housed in a waterside mansion, suggests that few visitors find their way here. Shame, because the collection of Turkish art...
Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa Iskelesi SokakOverlooking the Hippodrome, the museum occupies the restored 16th-century palace of Ibrahim Paşa. A Greek convert to Islam, Ibrahim was the confidant of Süleyman I and in 1523...
At Meydanı 46Owned by one of Turkey's wealthiest businessmen, this museum is housed in a fabulous villa right on the shores of the Bosphorus, built for Egyptian royalty in the 1920s. The...
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