Istanbul Naval Museum
Beşiktaş, Turkey
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
The Istanbul Naval Museum stands in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, and is a national naval museum, connected to the Turkish Naval Forces Command. Established in 1897 by Ottoman Minister of the Navy Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha, it is Turkey's largest maritime museum. Its best-known exhibit is Tarihi Kadırga, a late 16th or early 17th century Ottoman galley and the only surviving original galley in the world, which has the world's oldest continuously maintained wooden hull.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- museum, maritime museum, national museum
- Place
- Beşiktaş, Turkey
This building on
Location