Archaeological Museum in Istanbul / Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Istanbul Archaeological Museum - the largest of the classical exhibition museums in Istanbul, the collection has more than a million exhibits. It consists of three sections: the Archaeological Museum, the Museum of the Ancient East, the tiled Pavilion. All of them are visited by one ticket.

Unfortunately, the main building of the museum has been under repair for many years, and not the entire collection is presented for inspection. But even with this in mind, it is definitely worth a visit. Lovers of all kinds of Antiquities will especially like it here, because the collection covers different periods and different territories, and not just the territory of modern Turkey. There is an Egyptian collection, The Ancient East, Anatolia, Bithynia, etc. A special exhibit in the museum is the sarcophagus of Alexander The Great. Even the toilet here is equipped as part of the exhibition.

It is worth allocating 2-3 hours for a visit. At the entrance, when buying tickets, you can get a free booklet with a map and a description of the collection in English or Russian, a visit scheme.

You can visit the Archaeological Museum with a one-time ticket purchased at the ticket office, or on the museum map of Istanbul for free. And there is a single ticket to the three main attractions in Sultanahmet: Topkapi Palace, Archaeological Museum, and Hagia Sophia. It costs 162 lira (3.42 USD), and separately their visit will cost 180 (3.8 you can buy it at one of the ticket offices in these museums, the queues are the least here.

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