Pera Museum
Pera Museum
4.5
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Inaugurated on 8 June 2005, Pera Museum is a private museum founded by Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation with the aim of offering a broad range of high-quality culture and arts services.
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Neighbourhood: Beyoglu
Istanbul’s most famous street, pedestrianized Istiklal Caddesi (Independence Avenue), throbs day and night and offers a fantastic array of architectural sights, shops, treats, and throngs upon teeming throngs of people. At the avenue’s northeastern end is expansive Taksim Square, thought by many to be the very heart of the city, with many of Turkey’s most renowned restaurants and some of Europe’s most happening nightlife in close proximity. In striking contrast, Beyoglu’s less trafficked areas – such as the affluent Cihangir and the antiques district of Cukurcuma – exude Old World charm and provide contemplative calm and splendid diversion via an assortment of cozy cafes, attractive boutiques, and quiet lanes.
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- Şişhane • 6 min walk
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4.5
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Irina
Moscow, Russia19 contributions
Mar 2022
Only first two floors were open for visit. The price was low(10tl per person) but you don't get much anyway. The first floor was dedicated to average scale & weighting exhibition (showing you a bunch of rocks) and even smaller room dedicated to coffee cups. On the second floor we found a nice collection of paintings but it too was rather small. And that't all. It took us around 30 min to see it all.
It my be a nice place to drop by if you are in the area or to kill a spare hour but it's not worth a dedicated visit.
It my be a nice place to drop by if you are in the area or to kill a spare hour but it's not worth a dedicated visit.
Written 30 March 2022
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Eileen108
Mount Shasta, CA4,926 contributions
Apr 2022
Save this for a second visit to Istanbul if you have limited time, there are many other places that are priority. We went on a Saturday afternoon and it wasn't very crowded, maybe a dozen people were there. This was a small museum of three floors, most of it was a little boring so I could see why it was not included on our "Best of Turkey" 13 day tour (with three days in Istanbul). It took me an hour to go slowly through all the exhibits, and my favorite were the paintings on the top floor. At the end we stopped in at the small cafe and had a lemonade and some sweets, which were good, not outstanding though. Current exhibits were "Intersection Worlds: Ambassadors and painters - 17th to 19th Centuries from the Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation Collection", "Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection", and "Coffee Break, the Adventure of Coffee in Kutahya Tiles and Ceramics".
Written 6 October 2022
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archil a
Tbilisi, Georgia685 contributions
Mar 2017 • Couples
The museum stands out for its world-class collections and exhibitions. To find out what you can see right now, be sure to check the site, although the museum is definitely worth a visit for its outstanding permanent exhibition of antiquities, Anatolian and Oriental art. The museum is private, its collection was created by a rich Turkish family, it also financed the restoration of a building built at the turn of the century. At the same time, the Pera Museum is called upon to offer Istanbul residents a wide range of cultural services and act as a modern cultural center with multifunctional exhibition halls, an auditorium.
Visited this museum in order to see the famous picture of Osman Hamdi-Bey "The Trainer of Turtles" and his other works. This was spectacular.
Visited this museum in order to see the famous picture of Osman Hamdi-Bey "The Trainer of Turtles" and his other works. This was spectacular.
Written 6 April 2017
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TubaKoseogluOkcu
Istanbul, Türkiye6,634 contributions
Apr 2023 • Couples
This private museum located in the heart of the vibrant Pera district is a must see for all art lovers.
The museum includes not only part of the private collection of Suna & İnan Kirac couple as permanent collection but also various temporary collections. For instance currently it hosts Paula Rego’s exhibition. As for the permanent collection, it covers a wide range from paintings (including the most famous tableau of Turkish painting “the tortoise trainer” by Osman Hamdi) to archaeological findings.
Museum has a very rich museum shop and a large museum café as well.
This is one of the best art museums of Turkey. Despite that, there usually are no queues at the entrance (except for weekends when sometimes there are children workshops and it gets crowded around noon but that doesn’t last long). Entrance is subject to a fee and with additional fee, you can also have access to an audio guide.
The museum includes not only part of the private collection of Suna & İnan Kirac couple as permanent collection but also various temporary collections. For instance currently it hosts Paula Rego’s exhibition. As for the permanent collection, it covers a wide range from paintings (including the most famous tableau of Turkish painting “the tortoise trainer” by Osman Hamdi) to archaeological findings.
Museum has a very rich museum shop and a large museum café as well.
This is one of the best art museums of Turkey. Despite that, there usually are no queues at the entrance (except for weekends when sometimes there are children workshops and it gets crowded around noon but that doesn’t last long). Entrance is subject to a fee and with additional fee, you can also have access to an audio guide.
Written 30 April 2023
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Bahar M
Boston, MA34 contributions
Aug 2019 • Couples
Don't go here. Two small floors with repetitive paintings and weighting machines. Every thing else was closed due to construction.
Written 25 August 2019
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Helena B
Cape Town Central, South Africa451 contributions
Nov 2017 • Friends
Every time I visit Istanbul I try to fit in a visit to The Pera Museum. In the permanent exhibitions area one can always discover new things to admire. The website of the museum is excellent and gives information on current exhibitions and also entrance fees and visiting hours. On a Friday after 6pm entrance is free for everybody. Do not miss the lovely museum restaurant on the ground floor. Coming from Taksim you walk halfway down Istiklal Avenue and you will see a sign on your right indicating the Pera Museum.
Written 26 January 2018
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SpongeBobbbb
Paris, France51 contributions
Aug 2021 • Solo
I have negative test COVID and vaccin, they don’t want I entered in the museum. Don’t come if you come from europe… lost you time
Written 22 August 2021
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ZenHealer7
Asheville, NC2,249 contributions
Nov 2020
This is a well laid out museum on multiple floors each with a theme. The floors are not too big and the entire viewing experience is very relaxing with some very interesting exhibits. It is in a very nice location with small cafes etc.
Written 19 November 2020
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LynetteP41
Ambleside, UK203 contributions
Oct 2019
Excellent coffee shop, not sure if they do lunches. Helpful staff on entry, which was free.
Three and a half floors of fascinating historic displays / art work. The rest may be temporary but was too modern for my tastes. A great respite from modern city streets. I loved it.
Three and a half floors of fascinating historic displays / art work. The rest may be temporary but was too modern for my tastes. A great respite from modern city streets. I loved it.
Written 13 October 2019
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Chyngyz
Istanbul, Türkiye6 contributions
Sept 2019 • Solo
I was "welcomed" by people at reception who were talking to me as if they wanted to say f off. Not only that, they said İ should pay to visit. Even it was said that on Thursdays it's free enter for Students. Only 2 floors were working. They are small. Like really smal. İt took me 15 minutes to see everything even though İ've read everything there was to offer. There's literally nothing to look at on first floor. And the second one has ambassador's portraits. That's it. Total waste of time.
p.s there was only one interesting painting in the whole musem.
p.s there was only one interesting painting in the whole musem.
Written 5 September 2019
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Where can we buy online tickets? We wanted to see the museum but were denied, because we didn't have them. We were told, we can not buy tickets there
Written 10 November 2021
Hi Archie, can you buy copies if Hamid bey's works prints etc?
Written 16 September 2017
Yes in the entrance of the museum there is a gift shop. There you can find Hamid bey's work prints etc
Written 26 November 2017
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