Category Archives: Museums

This private museum is on the first floor of the Refia Ovunc Girls’ Technical Training Finishing Institute which was opened to keep Turkish handicrafts alive after building was given to the Ministry of Education in 1945. The museum was opened in 1997. Oneglass case houses state presents, whilst the other houses samples of embroidery used … Continue reading

Aynali Kavak Kasri- which has stood by the Golden Horn for theree hundred years, is the sole survivor from a group of buildings known as the “Aynali Kavak Palace” or the “Shipyard Palace” in Ottoman times, It seems that this was an imperial recreation area in Byzantine times as well. The building , which is … Continue reading

This is a private museum in the Yapi Kredi Culture Centre in Istiklal Street. The Yapi Kredi Bank’s small collection of coins and handicrafts started by Kazim Taskent in 1953 was turned into a private museum in 1971 by Vedat Nedim Tör, the bank’s consultant for culture. Its most important possession is the collection of … Continue reading

TMO History and Art Center. The “History and Art Centre” in the Turkish Maritime Organisation’s building in Karaköy is in fact a museum of civil seafaring. the building, which formerly housed the Maritime Bank, was vacated after the Bank ceased trading, and has been a museum since 1995. The paintings at the museum are not … Continue reading