Istanbul - Archeology Museum
This Alexander the Great Sarcophagus and age-old Babylonian balderdash are just two of the abounding wonders at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum in Istanbul, Turkey.
The Istanbul Archaeological Architectonics houses over one actor objects, the a lot of amazing of which are the sarcophagi that date aback as far as the 4th aeon BC. The architectonics excels, however, in its affluent archival accumulating of locally begin artifacts that afford ablaze on the origins and history of the city.
The Directorate of Istanbul Archeology Museums that is abased on the General Directorate of Monuments and Museums of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Turkey is on the Osman Hamdi Bey Ascent that opens to the Topkapi Palace Architectonics from the appropriate of the Gulhane Park Entry which is in the Sultanahmet district.
istanbul Archeology Museums abide of three museums. Those are Archeology Museum, Old Eastern Works Architectonics and Enameled Kiosk Museum.
istanbul Archeology Museums, which were accustomed as Muze-i Humayun (Empire Museum) by the acclaimed artisan and architectonics administrator Osman Hamdi Bey at the end of the 19th century, were opened to accessible on June 13, 1891. Besides its accent as the ‘first Turkish museum’, it has an accent and specialty getting one of the architectonics barrio that are complete as a Architectonics in the World. Today, it still protects its outstanding abode in the World’s better museums with its works added than a actor acceptance to assorted cultures.
In the architectonics collections, there are affluent and actual important works of art acceptance to assorted civilizations from the regions from Balkans to Africa, from Anatolia and Mesopotamia to Arab Peninsula and Afghanistan that were in the borders of the Ottoman Empire.
Archeology Museum
The Archeology Architectonics consists of two abstracted buildings.
I) Capital Architectonics {Old Building}
Its architectonics was started in 1881 by Osman Hamdi Bey and with the additions in 1902 and 1908 it acquired its latest form. Its artist is Alexander Vallaury. The alien face of the architectonics was fabricated by alarming from the Iskender Tomb and Crying Women tombs. It is a admirable archetype of neoclassical barrio in Istanbul.
On the high attic of the two-flat architectonics there are baby rock works, pots and pans, baby terracotta statues, the Treasure Department and about 800.000 Ottoman coins, seals, decorations, medals and Non-Muslim and Muslim Bread Cabinets, in which bread moulds were kept, and a Library with about 70.000 books.
On the basal attic saloons of the building, acclaimed tombs are displayed such as IskenderTomb, Crying Women Tomb, Satrap Tomb, Lykia Tomb, Tabnit Tomb that are in the Say da baron graveyard.
On the basal floor, besides the affectation of tombs, there is Old Age Bronze affectation in which statues and relieves from important caper cities and regions yield place. In this display, the development of the art of bronze from Archaic Aeon to the Byzantium Aeon is displayed in archival adjustment with outstanding examples.
11} Added Architectonics (New Building) The added architectonics absorbed to the southeast of the capital architectonics is of 6 stories. There are depots in the two belief beneath the arena floor.
The four belief of the architectonics are abiding as exhibition saloons. There is Istanbul for Ages’ on the aboriginal attic of the building, ‘Anatolia and Troia for Ages’ on the added attic and ‘Surrounding Cultures of Anatolia: Cyprus, Syria-Palestine’ on the top floor. There is Infant Architectonics and architectural works affectation on the aboriginal attic of the added building. The Thrakia-Bithynia and Byzantium affectation saloon, which was opened in August 1998, can be visited on the attic beneath the aboriginal attic with the name of ‘Surrounding Cultures of Istanbul’.
The architectonics has accustomed the European Council Architectonics Award in 1991, which is its 100. enactment anniversary, with the new adjustment fabricated in the lower attic saloons and the Added Architectonics display.
Old Eastern Works Museum
The building, which was fabricated by Osman Hamdi bey in 1883 as Sanayi-i Nefise (Fine Arts School), was organized as a architectonics with the works fabricated amid 1917-1919 and 1932-1935. The building, which was bankrupt to appointment in 1963, was opened to appointment afresh in 1974 with a new affectation by alteration the close parts.
On the high attic of the two-flat building, Anatolian, Mesopotarnian, Egyptian and Arabic works of art are displayed. Bronze of Naramsin, the baron of Akad, the Kades Agreement and Zincirli bronze are the different works of art in the museum.
Moreover, in this architectonics there is a Tablet Archive’ in which 75.000 abstracts with cuneiform writings are kept.
Enameled Kiosk Museum
The kiosk that has been fabricated by Fatih Sultan Mehmet in 1472 is one of the oldest examples of Ottoman civilian architectonics in Istanbul. It has been acclimated as Muze-i Humayun (Empire Museum) amid 1875-1891. It was opened to accessible in 1953 with the name of Fatih Architectonics area Turkish and Islamic works of art were displayed and it was transferred to Istanbul Archeology Museums due to its site.
The access bluff of the kiosk is single-flat and the aback bluff is of two-stories. There is a marble balustrade of 14 columns in the entrance. The access exedra is busy with circuitous enamels. Assorted chinaware and ceramics from the Seljuk and Ottoman aeon are displayed in the Kiosk that forms from 6 apartment and a average saloon. There are about 2000 works of art in the architectonics and its depots.
Visitor Information for the Istanbul Archaeology Museum
| Location: | Topkapi Palace (to the right of and behind St. Irene), Gülhane Park, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Phone: | 0212/520-7740 |
| Hours: | Tues-Sun 9am-5pm (but can vary - check ahead of time) |
| Cost: | $3.50; includes the Museum of the Ancient Orient and the Çinili Kösk |