About Istanbul Naval Museum

Istanbul Naval Museum, Turkey's maritime area is the largest museum collection it contains in terms of variety is one of the world's leading museums. There are approximately 20.000 works in his collection. Navy attached to the Istanbul Naval Museum is the first military museum established in Turkey.

Istanbul Naval Museum; In 1897, as a result of the orders of Hasan Hüsnü Pasha, the Minister of the Naval at the time, Miralay (Colonel) Hikmet Bey and Captain Süleyman Nutku, in a small building in Tersane-i Amire (Ottoman State Shipyard Kasımpaşa, Istanbul) “ Museum and Library Administration ”was established under the name.

It was not arranged before, and it was opened to the exhibition as a museum warehouse. Cemal Pasha, who became the Minister of the Navy in 1914, reformed the museum as well as in all branches of maritime, and brought Marine Captain Painter Ali Sami Boyar to the directorate, allowing it to be reorganized scientifically. Boyar, for the production of full and half models of Turkish ships. ship model workshop He formed the basis for the development of museology and taking its current form by establishing the moulage-mannequin workshop, where dummies and dummies were made.

II. With the onset of World War II, the artifacts were transferred to Anatolia for protection. At the end of the war, it was decided to move the museum back to Istanbul in 1946, and the museum was moved to the Dolmabahçe Mosque Complex, which was the most suitable place under the conditions of the day, and was opened to visitors on September 27, 1948, after two years of work under the administration of the new museum director, Haluk Şehsyvaroğlu. In 1961, the museum was moved to its current location in Beşiktaş Pier Square, next to the monument and tomb of Turkish Admiral Admiral Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha.

The main exhibition building has 3 floors and covers an area of ​​1500 square meters. 4 big halls and 17 rooms in the building were used as exhibition areas and the names of the wind directions were given to the halls. In the museum, royal boats, sailor clothes, manuscripts, ship models, banners, maps and portos, paintings, monograms and crests, galleys, navigational instruments, ship chief figures and weapons are exhibited. In the entrance section, there is an educational playground and a souvenir section for the younger age groups.

The museum, whose restoration was completed, was reopened on 4 October 2013.