Bursa Türk İslam Eserleri Museumvisitor guide.

The first museum in Bursa was founded through the personal initiatives of Bursa Education Director Azmi Bey and Boys' High School accountant Reşad Bey, opening ethnographic and archaeological antiquities collected from the surrounding region to public visitation in the courtyard garden and laboratory of the Boys' High School on August 19, 1902. Developing and flourishing rapidly through the dedicated efforts of primary education inspectors, teachers, and students under Governor Mümtaz Reşid Pasha, the museum was officially inaugurated in September 1904 by Osman Hamdi Bey, Director-General of Imperial Museums, as a branch of the Imperial Museum (Müze-i Hümâyun), attaining directorate status in 1929 under the name Bursa Museum. Relocated to the historic Yeşil Madrasah the following year in view of its expansion, curated and arranged by Istanbul Museum Director Aziz Ogan, it opened to the public on April 8, 1930. Following structural repairs to the madrasah in 1955, the museum reopened with a newly curated display in October 1956. Operating for many decades as a composite museum, it was re-curated after archaeological collections moved to a modern purpose-built facility in Kültürpark, opening on November 22, 1975, under the name Bursa Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. The museum showcases Seljuk, Beylik, and Ottoman ceramic tiles and pottery (İznik, Kütahya), carved and inlaid woodwork, Turkish metalwork, gilded copper (tombak), Seljuk and Ottoman coinage, alongside traditional Turkish embroidery and costumes spanning the 13th through 20th centuries. The courtyard garden displays Islamic gravestones, cenotaphs, and foundation inscriptions. Currently displayed are 66 Islamic coins from the Islamic era, 445 ethnographic artifacts in indoor galleries, and 70 tombstones, cenotaphs, and inscriptions in the outdoor garden display. Temporarily closed for repairs on 02.12.2016 by ministerial approval No. 215957, the museum reopened following renovations on 24.12.2020. DOWNLOAD MUSEUM BROCHURE NEARBY MUSEUMS BURSA ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM BURSA OTTOMAN HOUSE MUSEUM BURSA ATATÜRK HOUSE MUSEUM MUDANYA ARMISTICE HOUSE MUSEUM İZNİK MUSEUM