Pera Museum

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Coordinates: 41°01′55″N 28°58′31″E / 41.03194°N 28.97528°E / 41.03194; 28.97528

Pera Museum
Pera Müzesi

Pera Museumm in Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Established 2005
Location Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Type Art (private)
Website www.peramuzesi.org.tr
Pera Museum during the Rembrandt exhibition in 2006
Pera Museum, Istanbul

The Pera Museum (Turkish: Pera Müzesi), is a private art museum and gallery located in Istanbul, Turkey, which was established in 2005 by the "Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation". Suna Kıraç is the youngest daughter of the late Turkish tycoon Vehbi Koç, and İnan Kıraç her husband. The collection is housed in the former Bristol Hotel, constructed 1893 in Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu by architect Achille Manoussos.

Contents

[edit] The permanent collection

The museum exhibits three permanent collections Anatolian Weights and Measures, Kütahya tiles and ceramics, and Orientalist art. The Orientalist collection consists of more than three hundred paintings, including works by European artists inspired by the Ottoman world from the 17th to the early 19th century. Preeminent among the Orientalist collection is the work of Osman Hamdi Bey, who has been characterized by some art historians as the genre's only "native Orientalist"[citation needed]; featured is his most famous work, The Tortoise Trainer.

[edit] Other functions

In addition to exhibits, the Museum hosts a broad range of cultural events; facilities include multipurpose exhibition space, auditorium, and an activity spaces for visitors. The first floor houses both an art shop and café, with auditorium, lobby, and children's center in the basement.

[edit] Future facilities

The Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation commissioned architect Frank Gehry to design a new cultural complex on the location of the present-day TRT Tepebaşı headquarters (situated on the public square facing the Pera Museum and the nearby Hotel Pera Palace).[1] The proposed complex would be named the Suna Kıraç Cultural Center (Turkish: Suna Kıraç Kültür Merkezi).[1] Construction may commence once building permission rights are granted from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and the High Council of Monuments, and TRT personnel and equipment are transferred to TRT facilities in Istanbul's Ortaköy and Harbiye neighbourhoods.

[edit] Admission and location

Museum hours
  • Tuesday - Saturday: 10.00 - 19.00
  • Sunday: 12.00 - 18.00
  • Closed on Mondays.
Admission

Regular: 7 TRY, Groups: 5 TRY (10 or more), Discounted: 3 TRY (students over 12 years of age, teachers and visitors aged 60 and over)

  • Free admission for children under 12, disabled visitors and one accompanying person.
Audio Guide

2 TRY (1 TRY for groups)

Address

Meşrutiyet Caddesi No. 141
34443 Tepebaşı - Beyoğlu - İstanbul, Turkey

[edit] Paintings exhibited at the museum

Work from the Ottoman period:

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ a b Suna Kıraç Cultural Center by Frank Gehry in Tepebaşı, Istanbul.

[edit] Literature

  • Pera Museum (ed.). Portraits from the Empire. Pera Museum Publications, 2005. 155 p. ISBN 975 9123 -02 - 9
  • Pera Museum (ed.). Young Expansion. Pera Museum Publications, 2005. 163 p. ISBN 975 9123 -00-2

[edit] External links

Media related to Pera Museum at Wikimedia Commons
Parents
Vehbi Koç: 1901–1996 • Sadberk Koç: 1908–1973
Children
Semahat Arsel 1928 • Rahmi Koç 1930 • Sevgi Gönül 1938–2003 • Suna Kıraç 1941 
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Koç Holding • Arçelik • Aygaz • Otokar • Opet • Otosan •Tofaş • Tüpraş
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