Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul

The Istanbul Archaeology Museums is an archeological museum, located in the Eminonu district of Istanbul, Turkey, near Gulhane Park and Topkapi Palace. The site of the museums actually belonged to the Topkapi Palace outer gardens. The museum was founded by decree as the Imperial Museum. When it opened to the public in 1891, it was the first one to feature Turkish art. The first curator was Osman Hamdi Bey, who was also the founder of the museum. Since the imperial decree protecting cultural goods in the Ottoman empire was enforced, many governors from the different provinces would send in found artefacts to the capital city. In that way the museum was able to amass a great collection. Upon its 100th anniversary in 1991, the Museum received the European Council Museum Award, particularly for the renovations made to the lower floor halls in the main building and the new displays in the other buildings. Istambul travel guides.
GPS travel destinations: 41° 0′ 42″ N, 28° 58′ 53″ E

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