Istanbul Archaeological Museums

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archaeological museum complex museum

The Istanbul Archaeological Museums are a major complex of museums in Istanbul renowned for their extensive collections of artifacts from ancient civilizations of Anatolia, the Near East, and the wider Mediterranean world.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Istanbul Archaeology Museums	3
Archaeological Museums of Istanbul	1
Archaeology Museums of Istanbul	1
Directorate of Istanbul Archaeological Museums	1
Istanbul Archaeological Museums canonical	1
Istanbul Archaeology Museums (fragment)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological museum complex ⓘ museum ⓘ
adjacentTo	Gülhane Park ⓘ Topkapi Palace ⓘ surface form: Topkapı Palace
architect	Alexander Vallaury ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
collectionIncludes	artifacts from Anatolia ⓘ artifacts from Cyprus ⓘ artifacts from Egypt ⓘ artifacts from Mesopotamia ⓘ artifacts from the Aegean world ⓘ artifacts from the Balkans ⓘ artifacts from the Levant ⓘ artifacts from the wider Mediterranean ⓘ
collectionSize	over one million artifacts ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
foundedBy	Osman Hamdi Bey ⓘ
hasCollectionType	Islamic art tiles and ceramics ⓘ ancient Near Eastern art ⓘ archaeology ⓘ
hasPart	Archaeological Museum (main building) ⓘ Museum of the Ancient Orient ⓘ Tiled Kiosk Museum ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of the Historic Areas of Istanbul UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	1891 ⓘ
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn	Fatih district ⓘ Istanbul ⓘ Sultanahmet neighborhood ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	Blue Mosque ⓘ Hagia Sophia ⓘ
notableExhibit	Alexander Sarcophagus ⓘ Ishtar Gate ⓘ surface form: Ishtar Gate reliefs fragments Kadesh Treaty tablet ⓘ Lycian sarcophagi ⓘ Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women ⓘ Tabnit Sarcophagus ⓘ statues from ancient cities such as Sidon and Susa ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operatedBy	Istanbul Archaeological Museums self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Directorate of Istanbul Archaeological Museums
ownedBy	Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey ⓘ
partOf	Fatih, Istanbul ⓘ surface form: Historic Peninsula of Istanbul
publicTransitAccess	Gülhane tram station ⓘ
subjectOf	archaeological research ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1985 ⓘ
website	https://muze.gov.tr/muze-detay?SectionId=IAR01 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Historic Areas of Istanbul → contains → Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ

Code of Ur-Nammu → currentLocation → Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ

this entity surface form: Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Serpent Column (originally from Plataea monument group) → oneSerpentHeadLocation → Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ

subject surface form: Serpent Column

this entity surface form: Istanbul Archaeology Museums (fragment)

Istanbul Archaeological Museums → operatedBy → Istanbul Archaeological Museums self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Directorate of Istanbul Archaeological Museums

Sultanahmet Square → hasNearby → Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archaeology Museums of Istanbul

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ → employer → Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ

this entity surface form: Istanbul Archaeology Museums

mushhushshu dragon → foundInCollection → Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ

subject surface form: Mushhushshu

this entity surface form: Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Clazomenian sarcophagi → inCollectionOf → Istanbul Archaeological Museums ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archaeological Museums of Istanbul