Istanbul - Ibrahim Pasa Sarayi- the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Ibrahim Pasa Sarayi- the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Ibrahim Pasa Sarayi- the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

The Ibrahim Pasa Palace, is better known in all tourist guides as the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art. This complex was built in 1524 by Ibrahim Pasa, the Grand Vizier of Suleyman the Magnificent. The museum has been the the first Turkish museum covering the Turkish and Islamic art works as a whole and the museum itself was opened as late as in 1913.

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First the former soup kitchen was presented as a masterpiece of the famous architect Mimar Sinan- called "Evkafi Islamiyet Müzesi" or "Islamic Foundations Museum". After the announcement of the republic, it was renamed into "Turkish and Islamic Works Museum".

The Ibrahim Pasa Palace itself was used in the past for weddings and celebrations. However it was also the location for rebellions and uproars. Nowadays the museum moved from the soup kitchen to the Ibrahim Pasha Palace building. The Turkish and Islamic Works Museum has been awarded with the Special Jury Award of Museum of the Year Competition of the European Council in 1984 and with the prize given by European Council UNESCO for its studies for making the children love the culture inheritance. The collection has more than 40 000 exhibits through all periods of the Islamic Empire.
Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 ( not Mondays)
Address: Iibrahim Pasha Palace. At Square, Sultanahmet; Istanbul
Tel.: +90 212 518 18 05-518 18 06

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