Museum of Turkish Islamic Art

This magnificent museum is located in Sultanahmet Square, opposite the Blue Mosque. The museum is housed in an ancient Ottoman building, built in 1524. The museum is proud of its diverse collection, reflecting the lifestyle and culture of the Turkish people.

In the premises of the former palace of Ibrahim Pasha, one of the most prominent viziers at the court of Suleiman, today more than 40 thousand museum exhibits are stored.

The museum consists of seven departments - the Department of Artistic Wood Products, the Department of Ceramics and Glass, the Department of Artistic Metal Products, the Department of Ethnography, the Department of Artistic Stone Products, the Department of Carpets, the Department of Spelling and Calligraphy.

The exposition of the Department of Artistic Woodworks includes exhibits of the IX and X centuries, as well as works of the era of the Anatolian Seljuks and wood products of the Ottoman Empire, inlaid with plates of turtle shell, ivory and pearl.

In the department of ceramics and glass, samples of glass art of the Islamic world of the X century, ceramic products found during archaeological excavations, ceramic slabs with which mihrabs and walls were decorated, as well as samples of internal plaster decoration of the Kılıchlaan Palace in Konya are exhibited.

In the Department of Artistic Metal Products you can see the door hammers of the Ulu-Jami Mosque in Cizra, symbols of planets and constellations, jugs "Ibrik", dirhams and much more.

The Department of Ethnography exhibits a collection of ethnographic objects and tools that nomadic peoples used in everyday life.

The museum’s rich collection of carpets is unique, gathering in one place the world’s rarest carpet samples.

Collection of manuscripts containing approximately fifteen thousand manuscript books and manuscripts

VIII-XIX centuries will tell visitors about the deep historical roots of the Turkish people.