Pera Museum
#214🖼️ Art & EncyclopedicIstanbul, Turkey

Pera Museum

Orientalist painting in Beyoğlu

About the museum

In a restored 19th-century hotel near Taksim, the Pera holds one of the most important collections of Orientalist painting plus Anatolian weights and measures and Kütahya tiles.

Must-see highlights

  • ◆The Tortoise Trainer (Osman Hamdi Bey)
  • ◆Orientalist painting
  • ◆Anatolian weights and measures

Recognition

🏆 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice

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