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Pera Museum

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141 Mesrutiyet Caddesi, Tepebasi, Beyoglu
Istanbul, Turkey
90-212-334-9900

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”

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