Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art

Main building of the museum.

The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art (Turkish: Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi) is a museum located on Sultanahmet Square in the Eminönü district, Istanbul, Turkey.

The museum is located in the old palace of Ibrahim Paşa, the first grand vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent, built in 1524.

Some 40,000 pieces are covered covering a chronology ranging from the caliphate of the Umayyads to the present day. In this collection started at the beginning of the 19th century, important examples of Islamic calligraphy, an important collection of carpets, are exhibited.

The ground floor is made up of ethnographic samples of the different peoples and ethnic groups, especially the part dedicated to the nomadic tribes.

Coordinates: 41 ° 0'22.68 "N 28 ° 58'28.42" E / 41.0063000, 28.9745611

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