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00:00 intro
01:24 outside of archaeology museums
11:36 inside of archaeology museums
38:18 Graves
filmed in October 2022
ISTANBUL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUMS
INFORMATION
Summer Period Hours
1 April - 31 October
Opening time: 09:00
Closing time: 20:00
Winter Period Hours
31 October - 1 April
Opening time: 09:00
Closing time: 18:30
Box Office Summer / Winter Closing Hours
Summer Period: 19:00
Winter Period: 17:30
Address: Osman Hamdi Bey Yokusu Sokak, Gulhane,34122 Fatih/Istanbul
Istanbul Archaeological / Archeology Museums:
Istanbul Archaeological Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri) are a compound of museums which consist three major sections; The Archaeology Museum, The Museum of the Ancient Orient, The Tiled Kiosk Museum. These three separate main units are located in the same garden and house the palace collections formed during the late 19th century by museum director, master painter ("The Tortoise Trainer" / Pera Museum) and archaeologist Osman Hamdi Bey . Istanbul Archaeological Museum, which is first regular museum appearing in the history of Ottoman Empire and in Turkey, has about a million artifacts from a variety of cultures, brought from the imperial lands.
The interest in collecting historical artifacts in the Ottoman period dates back to the reign of Mehmet the Conqueror, but the institutional emergence of museums coincides with the establishment of Istanbul Archaeological Museums in 1869 as Müze-i Hümayun (Imperial Museum). Müze-i Humayun, housing the archaeological works collected in the Hagia Irene Church, is the foundation of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. The Tiled Kiosk built during the reign of Mehmet the Conqueror, was converted into a museum because of the insufficiency of Hagia Irene. The Tiled Kiosk which is still under the administration of Istanbul Archaeological Museum, was restored and opened its doors in 1880.
When Osman Hamdi Bey (Biography) was assigned as the museum director in 1881, there was a breakthrough in Turkish museology. Osman Hamdi Bey excavated in Mount Nemrud, Myrina, Kyme, other Alolia Necropolises and Lagina Hekate Temple and as a result of excavations he conducted in Sayda (Sidon) between 1887-1888, he reached the necropolis of King Sidon and returned to Istanbul with many sarcophagi, especially the famous one; Alexander the Great.
The Tiled Kiosk Museum
The oldest building (1472 CE) in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum complex is the Tiled Kiosk. It was built by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (Mehmed II) as a pleasure palace or kiosk and also called Glazed Kiosk (Sırça Kösk). The building itself is attributed to an unknown Persian architect since it has a typical Persian facade, polygonal pillars and stone-framed bricks. The entrance, which is decorated with mosaic tiles, has a 14 column marble arcade. The doorway of the kiosk is a single storey, while the back of the building adds another storey. The six rooms and the middle salon of the kiosk museum display plentiful examples of Turkish tiles and ceramics from the Selcuk and Ottoman periods.
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