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Pera Museum

Set in a lavish 19th-century mansion overlooking the Golden Horn, the privately funded museum stages exhibitions such as a show of Kutahya pottery and Orientalist portraits from the late Ottoman era.

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From Travel + Leisure , MAY 2008

...includes Kütahya tiles and Orientalist portraits from the late Ottoman era...MORE>>

– Hidden European Neighborhoods

From Travel + Leisure , OCT 2005

I made journeys to the various brand-new museums: the somewhat misnamed Istanbul Modern, which, strangely, possesses nothing by the foremost contemporary Turkish artist, Kutlug Ataman, and the fine, privately funded Pera Museum, set in an opulently converted 19th-century mansion on a ridge overlooking the Golden Horn....MORE>>

– Guy Trebay At the Crossroads

Last updated May 2008