Museum
Maritime Museum
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This museum, located in Dolmabahce Palace, contains over 4000 items relating to Turkish naval history.
Although the history of the Naval Museum goes back to the late nineteenth century, the Istanbul Naval Museum in Beşiktaş was established in 1961. The museum is situated in Beşiktaş next to the public square commemorated to the famous Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa). In 2008 the museum has undergone into a long restoration that lasted five years and it was re-opened in 2013 with a much larger three-story exhibition building covering an area of 20,000 square meters. The huge collection of the Istanbul Naval Museum consists of, hundreds of years old Ottoman wooden rowboats, caiques, ship models, figureheads, paintings, wood carvings, seals, and other maritime-related objects.
Although the history of the Naval Museum goes back to the late nineteenth century, the Istanbul Naval Museum in Beşiktaş was established in 1961. The museum is situated in Beşiktaş next to the public square commemorated to the famous Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa (Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa). I…
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Location
No:6 Beşiktaş Cd.
İstanbul