
Istanbul Archaeology Museums are the first institutional museum complex established during the Ottoman Empire and laid the foundations of modern museology in Türkiye. Founded in 1869 as the “Müze-i Hümayun” (Imperial Museum), it now consists of three main units: the Archaeology Museum, the Museum of the Ancient Orient, and the Çinili Köşk Museum. The museum collections include approximately one million artifacts from Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, encompassing a significant port
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Istanbul Archaeology Museums is the first institutional museum complex established in Türkiye, laying the foundations of museum practice in the country during the museum period. Founded in 1869 as the “Müze-i Hümayun,” this museum consists of three distinct units: the Archaeology Museum, the Museum of the Ancient Orient, and the Çinili Köşk Museum. The museum’s collections include approximately one million artifacts from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and preserve a significant portion of
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Ahsen Güneş