İstanbul Meeting Planner’s Guide

Description

The Archaeological Museum was founded as the Ottoman Imperial Museum by Osman Hamdi Bey and completed in three successive stages over 1891-1902 and 1908, when it was known as the Museum of Antiquity. Stone sculpture and mosaics of the Greek, Roman and Byzantine era are displayed on the ground floor.

The first floor is reserved for the minor arts of the prehistoric to Byzantine periods. Some 45000 objects are on display or in store rooms. Among the museum's unique objects are the Mourning Maidens Sarcophagus, the Alexander Sarcophagus, the Pergamun Alexander bust, and the Sidamara Sarcophagus. On the sec­ ond floor of the museum are exhib­ ited gold objects and treasure.

There is also an Islamic and non- Islamic coins cabinet and a library with with some 70,000 books, Istanbul Archaeological Museum is located in Eminonu, next to Gulhane Park, and also includes the Museum of the Ancient Orient and the Tiled Kiosk Museum.

Meeting facilities

The Archaeological Museum has both indoor and outdoor areas available for meetings. The 600 sqm indoor area known as the Asos Tapmagi Onu has a capacity of 150-200 people for banquets, and 500-600 people for cocktails.

The outdoor area of 2500 sqm has a capacity of 400-500 people for banquets and 1000-1500 peo­ ple for cocktails.