ISTANBUL ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM

ISTANBUL ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM

Istanbul Archaeological Museums are examples of the first museology studies in our country. The traces of the works of collecting historical artifacts in the Ottoman Empire date back to the period of Fatih Sultan Mehmet. However, the institutional emergence of museology in a systematic way was with the establishment of the Istanbul Archeology Museum in 1869 under the name of 'Museum-i Hümayun'.

The Museum-i Hümayun, which consists of archaeological artifacts collected in the Hagia Irene Church until that time, forms the basis of today's Istanbul Archaeological Museums. When the Hagia Irene Church was insufficient, a search was made for a new place. Instead of constructing a new building due to financial inadequacy, the Tiled Kiosk is converted into a museum.

With the appointment of Osman Hamdi Bey, the son of Grand Vizier Edhem Pasha, as the museum director in 1881, Turkish museology made significant progress. A new museum building was needed for a large number of artifacts obtained as a result of excavations at Mount Nemrud, Myrina, Kyme and Ailoia Necropolises and the Temple of Hecate in Lagina.

The Istanbul Archeology Museums building is one of the rare structures built as a museum building in the world. The Archeology Museum, which was opened to visitors in 1891 and is one of the most beautiful and magnificent examples of Neo-Classical architecture in Istanbul, has a remarkable architecture with the magnificence of its façade. It has the appearance of a temple with its two entrances, four columns and pediments on the long façade, reached by wide stairs. The Kufic Ottoman inscription on the pediment reads 'Asar-ı Atika Museum' (Ancient Artifacts Museum). The Tugra on this inscription is the Ottoman Sultan II, who had the classical building built. It belongs to Abdulhamid.

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