The ground floor of the museum is used for administrative affairs. On the above floor, there is a room dedicated to the poet, Nigar Hanim, where her personal belongings, such as photos and paintings are on exhibit. There is a room called the “Edebiyat-ı Cedide Room,” in which the personal belongings and documents that belonged to the authors of Edebiyat-ı Cedide. It is also the  Hall of Abdülhak Hamit, and his belongings and documents are displayed there. Abdülhak Hamit is also famous for his poem, Makber, meaning The Grave. As for the next floor, there is a bedroom in which his personal belongings and the bed on which he passed away are found. Next to his seat and worktable, there is a work hall, in which he wrote poems and other writings and in which are found his personal affairs and paintings.

In 1961, the Museum (Edebiyat-ı Cedide Museum) was renamed as the Aşiyan Museum and is one of the museums operated by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. It is also one an important place to be visited for lovers of literature.

Since 1988 it has remained opened within the Fine Arts Hall of theYıldız Palace under the name “Şehir Museum.” It makes available a collection including calligraphy panels, fabric, different glass works, utensils, coffee sets, seals, binding forms, scales, balances and weights, and ceramic pieces to its visitors pieces.         

There are several artists whose works are now displayed, such as those by Henri Malla, Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, Sami Boyar, İbrahim Çallı, Ferruh Başağa, and Zeki Kocamemi. In the calligraphy collection of the Museum, there are calligraphy works belonging to Sultan Abdülmecid, Mehmed Raşid, Mustafa İzzet, Mahmud Celaleddin, Hamit Aytaç, and İsmail Hakkı Altunbezer.

On exhibit in the museum are the Tanzimat Firman (1839), one of the most significant documents in paving the way to the westernization of the Ottoman Empire, signed pictures of leading statesmen of the day, and engravings and paintings. Moreover, personal objects which belonged to Mustafa Reşid Paşa, Sadık Muhtar Bey, and Ziya Paşa, all leading statesmen during the Tanzimat reform movement, are on display in the museum.

The museum embraces a global vision to collect, preserve, exhibit and document works of modern and contemporary art and make them accessible to art lovers.

İstanbul Modern the first private museum to organize modern and contemporary art exhibitions in Turkey, was founded in 2004 and occupies an 8,000 square meter site on the shores of the Bosphorus.
With its permanent and temporary exhibition galleries, photography gallery, library, cinema center, cafe, design store, and its video, educational and social programs, the museum offers a wide array of services in a multifaceted venue.

The museum’s collections, exhibitions and educational programs aim to foster appreciation for and stimulate active engagement in the arts among visitors of all ages and from every segment of society.

MUSEUM HOURS
Tuesday – Sunday: 10.00 a.m – 6.00 pm
Thursday: 10.00 p.m – 8.00 p.m
Monday: Closed
The museum is closed on January 1 and on the first day of religious holidays.

All museum facilities are wheelchair accessible. Smoking, photography, food and drink are not allowed in the galleries.

ADMISSION
Adults: 7 TL
Students, groups of over 20 and seniors (65 and older): 3 TL
Museum members, children under 12, visitors with disabilities: Free
Every Thursday: Free

FILM SCREENINGS
Film screenings at the İstanbul Modern Cinema are free with museum admission.

PARKING FEES
0-2 Hours: 5 TL
For every additional hour: 1 TL
All day: 10 TL

More about istanbul modern http://www.istanbulmodern.org/en/f_index.html

After returning from the Syrian front, Mustafa Kemal rented the house where he lived with his mother,-Zubeyde Hanım-and sister – Makbule – His mother and sister lived upper storey, he himself lived in the middle floor of  the house and his aide-de-camp lived in the lower storey. The house was built in 1908 and  witnessed many meetings that were realized by Mustafa Kemal  and his friends during the invasion of Istanbul after World War I.

The house, where Mustafa Kemal lived up until May 16th, 1919 before he went to Samsun was bought by Tahsin Uzer in 1924, a former Governer of Erzurum, and placed a wall sign at the entrance door of the house explaining where Mustafa Kemal once lived.

This historical house, which has Mustafa Kemal Pasha’s many unforgettable memories was bought from Tahsin Uzer in 1928 by Istanbul Municipality, then converted into a house where some of his clothes, personal belongings, the documents that have moral value bear his signature and paintings of notable people of that period are on display in this house. The house was converted to museum called Atatürk Revolution Museum and opened to visitors on June 15th, 1942 in the period of Lütfi Kırdar Kırdar, who was mayor and later governor of Istanbul. It was repaired after the insurrection of 1960 by the initiation of Istanbul Mayor Refik Tulga. However, a fire took place in the building in 1962 and the museum was partly damaged.

A large-scale restoration on the historic building was completed on the 100th birthday of Atatürk. After the restoration works, which were completed in accordance with architectural design of 1910, the museum was named “Atatürk Museum” and was opened to visitors again on May 19th, 1981. The museum-house of Atatürk was renovated once again in 1989 and since 1991 in which it was opened to the public and it continues to entertain  its domestic and foreign visitors.

This church has been converted into a mosque by Murat III (1574 – 1595) and the mosque has been named as Fethiye.

The northern church is still being used as a mosque. The walls of the additional church are ornamented with the beautiful mosaics of 14th century. After being repaired between the years 1938 – 1940, it has been converted into a unit of Ayasofya Museum.

Photo by Niyazi Uğur Genca

The location is unrivalled – romantic, historic, convenient to both the Old City and the new. And the appeal is universal: objects that affect our daily lives, created by talented engineers and craftsmen, encapsulating man’s ingenuity and hard work yet at the same time exhibiting great beauty.

Our museum educates, informs, and entertains tens of thousands of adults and children each year. Please do explore our website now for a taste of what we have on show… but better still, come and visit us soon!
The Museum is very easy to find, located as it is on the shore of the Golden Horn and close to the main motorways that run through and around Istanbul. Just a few minutes from the Old City, it can easily be incorporated into a day’s sightseeing programme.

Parking is ample and free of charge, and there are also a number of convenient bus routes nearby.

Address: Rahmi M Koç Museum
Hasköy Cad. No: 5
Hasköy 34445 – Istanbul
Tel: (0)212 369 66 00-01-02
Fax: (0)212 369 66 06
Web: http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr

The building was purchased by the Koç family in 1950 and was used by them as a summer-house until the decision to convert it into a museum was taken in 1978. The conversion to a museum was carried out between 1978 and 1980 according to a restoration project that had been prepared by Sedat Hakkı Eldem. It opened its doors to the public on October 14th 1980 with the Sadberk Koç collection on display.

The Azeryan Yalı occupies 400 square meters of space set in grounds measuring a total of 4,280 square meters in all. On the ground floor is a gift shop and a small tea room. The ceiling over the main entrance (which is no longer used) is decorated with plaster moldings inspired by ancient Roman architecture. Wooden stairways lead to the upper floors. The walls are painted so as to resemble veined marble. The centrally located main halls of the second and third floors and the rooms opening onto them are used for display purposes. The attic is used for storage and also contains offices and a library. The crossed wooden moldings decorating the exterior give the building a distinctive appearance quite different from that of its neighbors. It is because of these molded facades that the building was for a long time popularly known as the “Threaded Yalı”.

In 1983 the Vehbi Koç Foundation purchased the Hüseyin Kocabaş collection for the Sadberk Hanım Museum. It was decided to purchase and restore a semi-dilapidated yalı adjacent to it to house these new acquisitions. The facade of this second yali, which is thought to have been constructed in the early part of this century, was faithfully reconstructed according to the original. The restoration project was prepared by İbrahim Yalçın and the work, including the construction of the museum, took two years to complete. This museum, which was opened on October 24th 1988, was given the name the “Sevgi Gönül Wing”. It houses works from the pre-Islamic period. In 1988 it was awarded the Europa Nostra award as an outstanding example of modern museum architecture and design.

The mosaics of the palace were discovered at the lower edge of the market, in their original places. It is known that these mosaics, unearthed in the 1930’s, used to decorate the floor of a large hall in the palace.

Various hunting scenes, scenes from everyday life and impressive decorative designs exhibit high quality workmanship. Buds encircled by bent acanthus leaves, a Medusa head and scenes from a lion hunt are some of the most attractive examples. Scenes depicted by these mosaic panels, created in the style of Antakya Mosaic School (Roman Age), are extremely realistic.
Following the discovery of these mosaics, other mosaics unearthed in other sections of the city were framed by concrete panels and brought here to be displayed. Restoration of the market place has been completed and the Mosaic Museum has been reopened to the public.

There are  30 panoramic museums throughout the world. These are made to commemorate important historical events.

A picture without boundaries, 360 grades of landscape, located in an area of 3000 sqm. The basic feature of this picture is its 3D impression. T%o ensure this 3D effect, the watcher is allowed to look the picture at a minimum distance of 14 m.

Photo by Niyazi Uğur Genca

650 sqm of the picture is virtually 3D, displaying imitations of cannons, gun carriages, powder kegs. The 2350 sqm part adjoins this. A detailed work of art with man figures starting at virtual size, and shrinking in size, as they distance off to the horizon 10.000 figures are drawn in this artwork.

Among them, The Panorama of Napoleon’s War in Waterloo, Napoleon’s War in Moscow, the Plevne War Panorama and the Mesdag Panorama are to mention.

Most of them are done in the 19th century by the oil painting technique. Some of these museums are in vertical, others in horizontal half panoramic order.

What differs the Istanbul Panoramic Museum from others in the world, is its full panorama in vertical, as well, in horizontal order. This means the sky dome is also painted above. The picture is without boundaries.

Photo by Niyazi Uğur Genca

If you see a picture with boundaries, you can easily notice how far away it stands from you. But here, the visitor will not be able to grasp the real dimensions of the artwork.

As visitors enter the platform, they have a period of amazements for 10 seconds; because they feel, as if they have come out to a new, open-air landscape.

For more information : Panoramik Museum