Istanbul Archaeological Museum
41 00'42 "N 28 58'53" E / 41.01167, 28.98139
| Istanbul Archaeological Museum | |
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 Collections of classical Greek sculpture | |
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| Country |  Turkey |
| Locality | Istanbul |
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The Archaeological Museum of Istanbul (in Turkish , is a museum archaeological located in the district of Eminonu to Istanbul in Turkey , near the park Glhane and Topkap Palace.
The Istanbul Archaeological Museum is actually three separate museums: the Archaeological Museum Main, Museum of the Works of the Ancient East and the Museum Pavilion enamel. It houses over one million objects that represent almost all eras and civilizations in world history.
History
The construction of the "Main Building" began in 1881 on the orders of Osman Hamdi Bey , to be completed in 1908. The architect was Alexander Vallaury. The inspiration for the faade of the building comes from the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great and the sarcophagus of mourning women, two of the most famous works of the museum. The building is one of the most important monuments neoclassical building in Istanbul.
The Museum of the Works of the Former East occupies a building constructed from 1883 to house a school of fine arts. It was in 1935 , after a reorganization, it became a museum. Closed to visitors in 1963 , it reopened after restoration in 1974.
The Museum Pavilion enamel is a building commissioned by Mehmed II in 1472 : it is one of the oldest buildings of civil architecture in Ottoman Istanbul. It is used as the Imperial Museum between 1875 and 1891. In 1953 , it is transformed into a museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts and Built in the archaeological museum.
Bibliography
- Pasinler Alpay, Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, 1996 (guide to the collections that date).
- Nezih Firatl, Byzantine figurative sculpture in the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul, Paris, 1990.
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