List of museums and monuments in Istanbul

This list of museums and monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, includes the relevant architectural entities within Istanbul's city limits.

(in alphabetical order; Turkish-language name in parentheses where appropriate)

Castles and palaces

• Anadolu Hisarı (Anatolian Castle)
• Beylerbeyi Palace
• Boukoleon Palace
• Dolmabahçe Palace
• Great Palace of Constantinople
• Küçüksu Palace
• Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Tekfur Sarayı)
• Rumeli Hisarı
• Tekfur Palace (Tekfur Sarayı) (see Palace of the Porphyrogenitus)
• Topkapı Palace

Monuments

• Aviation Martyrs' Monument
• Column of Constantine (also known as the Burnt Column) (Çemberlitaş sütunu)
• Column of the Goths (Gotlar Sütunu)
• Column of Marcian (Kıztaşı, meaning "column of the girl")
• Milion, a mile-marker monument used for measuring the distances between the city (when known as Constantinople) and other cities of the Byzantine Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire)
• Monument of Liberty
• Monument of Republic
• Serpentine Column

Museums

• Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library
• Doğançay Museum, contemporary-art museum
• Galatasaray Museum
• Great Palace Mosaic Museum (Büyük Saray Mozaikleri Müzesi)
• Istanbul Archaeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri)
• Istanbul Aviation Museum (İstanbul Havacılık Müzesi)
• Istanbul Military Museum (İstanbul Askeri Müze)
• Istanbul Modern Art Museum (İstanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi)
• Istanbul Naval Museum (İstanbul Deniz Müzesi)
• Istanbul Postal Museum (PTT İstanbul Müzesi)
• Istanbul Toy Museum (İstanbul Oyuncak Müzesi)
• Istanbul UFO Museum (İstanbul UFO Müzesi)
• Istanbul Zoology Museum
• Museum of the Ancient Orient (see Istanbul Archaeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri))
• Museum of Classical Ottoman (Divan) Literature
• Museum of Illumination and Heating Appliances (Aydınlatma ve Isıtma Araçları Müzesi)
• The Museum of Innocence (Masumiyet Müzesi)
• Museum of Islamic Art (see Istanbul Archaeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri))
• Panorama 1453 History Museum
• Pera Museum
• Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art
• Rahmi M Koç Museum
• Rezan Has Museum
• Sadberk Hanım Museum
• Sakıp Sabancı Museum
• SALT
• SantralIstanbul (includes the SantralIstanbul Museum of Energy and a modern-art museum)
• TGC Press Media Museum (Basın Müzesi)
• Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi)

Religious buildings

• Arap Mosque (Dominican Church of St. Paul)
• Blue Mosque (popular name for the Sultan Ahmed Mosque)
• Bodrum Mosque (Myrelaion)
• Bulgarian St. Stephen Church (also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church) (Sveti Stefan Kilisesi)
• Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (also known as the St. Esprit Cathedral)
• Chora Church (Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii or Kariye Kilisesi — the Chora Museum, Mosque or Church, respectively)
• Fatih Mosque
• Fenari Isa Mosque (Theotokos tou Libos)
• Fethiye Museum (see Pammakaristos Church)
• Hagia Irene (Aya İrini)
• Hagia Sophia
• Kalenderhane Mosque (Theotokos Kyriotissa)
• Kilic Ali Pasha Mosque
• Little Hagia Sophia (Ss. Sergius and Bacchus Church)
• Monastery of Stoudios
• Mosque of the Stablemaster (İmrahor Camii) (see Monastery of Stoudios)
• Ortaköy Mosque
• Pammakaristos Church
• Rüstem Pasha Mosque
• St. Esprit Cathedral (see Cathedral of the Holy Spirit)
• Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque (Sokollu Pasa Camii)
• Süleymaniye Mosque
• Sultan Ahmed Mosque (popularly known as the Blue Mosque)
• Zeyrek Mosque (Church of Christos Pantokrator)

Others

• Galata Mevlevihanesi (Galata Convent of the Whirling Dervishes)
• Galata Tower
• The Gate of Galatasaray High School
• Hippodrome of Constantinople
• Walls of Constantinople
• Yedikule (Seven Towers) Castle

Related lists

List of architectural structures in Istanbul List of columns and towers in Istanbul List of Byzantine monuments in Istanbul List of Istanbulites List of libraries in Istanbul

List of mayors of Istanbul List of schools in Istanbul List of urban centers in Istanbul List of universities in Istanbul

External links

Media related to Istanbul at Wikimedia Commons