A Journey Through Pera Museum’s Collection Exhibitions

Guided Tour

May 16, 2025 / 18:00

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Pera Museum is organizing a free guided exhibition tour of its collection exhibitions in collaboration with the İBB Kültür AŞ. Collection exhibitions, curated from Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation collections, are presented to visitors with the accompaniment of a guide.

Intersecting Worlds: Ambassadors and Painters sheds light on Ottoman-European relations between the 17th and 19th centuries. The exhibition titled Osman Hamdi Bey highlights the artistic identity of Osman Hamdi Bey, who made significant contributions to Ottoman archaeology, cultural heritage, and museology. Meanwhile, The Art of Weights and Measures explores 4000 years of commercial history in Anatolia through weight and measuring instruments.

The 1-hour guided tour is free of charge, and the language is Turkish. The quota is limited. To join the tour, you can make a reservation via resepsiyon@peramuzesi.org.tr e-mail address.

Temporary Exhibition

Osman Hamdi Bey

An Ottoman intellectual raised by the Tanzimat Era… An exceptional personality, who made substantial, diversified and lifelong contributions to various fields of culture and arts such as painting, archaeology, museology, and art education...

Osman Hamdi Bey

Istanbul-Paris-Istanbul: Mario Prassinos

Istanbul-Paris-Istanbul: Mario Prassinos

Mario Prassinos liked Istanbul more than the current Istanbulites of today. It is obvious that you can understand this from the article written by her daughter Catherine Prassinos in the Pera Museum's book on the artist.

Souvenirs of the Future

Souvenirs of the Future

You try to remember the future. A bird painted on the ceramic panel in a historical palace has found its place on the wall. The tiles of a church and a mosque have been painted on canvas. The pattern of a centuries-old ceramic plate appears before you on a velvet curtain.

The Success of an Artist

The Success of an Artist

Pera Museum presents an exhibition of French artist Félix Ziem, one of the most original landscape painters of the 19th century. The exhibition Wanderer on the Sea of Light presents Ziem as an artist who left his mark on 19th century painting and who is mostly known for his paintings of Istanbul and Venice, where the city and the sea are intertwined.