Best places: History museums in Istanbul, Turkey

Wooden square-shaped mansion owned by Atatürk with a columned terrace overlooking the Marmara Sea.

Futuristic dome with a 360-degree image depicting the 14th-century Ottoman conquest of the city.

Historical center featuring a large panoramic painting of the conquest of Constantinople.

Refined museum of military history & cultural heritage from the Ottoman period of 1453 to 1923.

The remaining outer facade of a 13th-century palace built for the son of a Byzantine emperor.

Museum of religious art on the site of a church that was first built here in the 6th century A.D.

👍👍 It is an original classical period Ottoman structure by Mimar Sinan. It is one of the few examples of madrasahs that are unusual in terms of their octagonal centrally planned room arrangement and courtyard relationships.

Displays chronicling Islamic advances in science & technology, set in former royal horse stables.

👍 A museum whose value was realized much later, and which has just received the attention it deserves. The Kiosk, which we couldn't even see up close because I lived very close to it and there was an army house nearby. The people of Izmit know it as Abdulaziz's hunting lodge. It also hosted Atatürk a...

👍👍 We visited the place for lunch during a mid week work days and hence, no waiting was experienced. In brief, I’ll come back and repeat the visit. The place is full of history and the working team is doing a great job in welcoming and serving the guests with all needs. The food came complete with p...

👍👍 It is medium sized but a huge tour through history... I say huge because it took me from the earliest known history to the last great Balkan migrations... As a Balkan immigrant, it touched me very much, it took me to the migration I experienced traumaticly when I was a child, I wish I wish it was a...

👍 I like a place worth going with my family. Boat. Aeroplane. Museum. Very nice.

👍👍 Foundation; In order to meet the needs of the society in which individuals live by removing their movable and immovable properties from their private property with their own will, with the motivation of cooperation; It is a system matured by the idea of ​​eternal dedication to a religious, charitabl...

😐 It is a museum located in the Eminonu area in Istanbul, Turkey, near Kalkhana Park and Topkapi Palace, built and constructed in 1891 during the Ottoman era. The museum consists of three sections: Archaeological Museum (in the main building). Museum of the Ancient Orient. Islamic art museum. The mu...

👍👍 It is a place that shows how bad we are in restoration. There is a difference between the old and the current state.