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The building (an old palace) in which the museum is housed is more interesting than the museum itself. It is mainly a chronological history of the Islamic evolution from Muhammad onward. The few artifacts and displays are not very interesting.
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Date of experience: November 2020
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When I read it's an 'art' museum I thought it would just have art in it, but that's not the case. Wife and I were pleasantly surprised at how interesting this place was, by 'art' they mean clothes and all the expensive style jewelries/rugs etc the Ottoman Empire used to own. We were very pleased to have visited this museum. I would highly recommend it, you could also see the swords and weapons the Ottoman empire used to use in battles. I think it was 70 lira pp which is very reasonable as the lira is weak atm, and you would need about 2 hours or so to see everything at a slow pace.…
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Date of experience: October 2020
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My initial intention was to see the Ottoman's style private house of Pargalı İbrahim Paşa and his wife Hatice Sultan. Then I got extra: small ruins of Hippodrome. Amazing! It means the Hippodrome was huge and the ruins were connected to the Sphendon Cistern area (now below Marmara University). The collection of Koran from different period and kingdom is very impressive too. …
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Date of experience: October 2020
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This, completely, ignorant person , concerning all that is Islamic Art ,spent 3 hours, here ,examining all. This museum is a minimalist building set in beautiful grounds, Serenity surrounds you , also when you go in. As you walk through the centuries, the importance, significance, and history behind every single object is an education, an enormous learning curve, within itself. Impressive , varied, complete in every way, what has been created through the ages . I must go back , again.…
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Date of experience: June 2019
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Visited it with the Istanbul Museum's pass - which is great value and forces you to investigate different museums. It is well set-up with god descriptions of the exhibits. There was a wonderful exhibition of carpets from Azerbaijan. In addition it has a very nice cafe to drink tea in.…
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Date of experience: March 2020
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