Museum of Antiquities in Istanbul

work hoursTuesday through Sunday 9:00 to 17:00

Antiquities Museum in Istanbul is a group of three archeological museums located in the Eminonu area near Gulhane Park and Topkapi Palace. The group consists of the following three museums: the Museum of archaeological, ancient Near East Museum, the Museum of Islamic Art. Museums group of these more than a million pieces of exhibits, which represents most of the eras and civilizations in world history, and is the group of the largest museums in the world. On the ground floor of the Archaeological Museum find sculptures from ancient times to the Roman era, world famous masterpieces such as the ark of the Iskandar, and the ark Tabenit who came from a royal tomb in the city of Sidon. Upstairs find the Treasury Department, cabinets non-Islamic coins Islamic coins and a library. As you find in a museum artifacts from Syria, Palestine and Cyprus. Museums site also distinctive is located on the west bank of the Bosphorus, overlooking it, access to the museum is via the tram (light rail) line T1, and get off at "Julhana" station, one station after Sultanahmet station.