Private Tour to the Istanbul Museums

-The Istanbul Archaeological Museums are a complex of museums consisting of three main structures; The Archaeological Museum, The Museum of Ancient Oriental Works, and The Tiled Kiosk Museum. The Istanbul Archaeological Museum, as the first museum in Turkey, has around one million artifacts from various cultures and countries.

- A place not to miss in Istanbul: Chora Museum, The Turkish word "Kariye" is derived from the ancient Greek word "Chora" meaning outside of the city (land). It is known that there was a chapel outside of the city before the 5th century when the city walls were erected. The first Chora Church was rebuilt by Justinianus (527-565) in place of this chapel. In the era of Komnenoi, it served as the court chapel for important religious ceremonies, thanks to its nearness to the Palace of Blachernae.

-The Great Palace Mosaics Museum, also known as Istanbul Mosaic Museum, is an impressive mosaics museum situated in the Arasta Bazaar within the Blue Mosque complex. The museum hosts one of the most beautiful mosaics in the world, that were preserved from the Great Palace of Constantinople, during the East Roman period from 610 until 641 A.C.. Especially the ones dated to AD 450-550.

-Haghia Sophia Museum, is the biggest Byzantine church in ?stanbul was built three times on the same site. First, it was named Megale Ekklesia (Great Church), but after the 5th century it was renamed Hagia Sophia.

-The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts was the first museum in Turkey to bring together works of Islamic art. It was founded in 1914 as the Museum of Islamic Foundations and housed in the Imaret building of the Süleymaniye Complex, built by the great Turkish architect Sinan in the 16th century. The museum was renamed the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts after the declaration of the republic and moved to its present location in the 16th-century Ibrahim Paşa Palace in 1983.

CLOSED:
Istanbul Archaeolgy Museum on Monday 
Chora Museum  on Wednesday 
Mosaic Museum on Monday
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts on Monday

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