Topkapı Palace
The sultans’ palace on Sarayburnu: courtyards, the Imperial Council, the treasury and the terraces over the water. Dated entry, sold online on its own site.
Painting and Sculpture Museum
Ankara's art museum for Turkish painting and sculpture, in a building from 1927, with a specialist art library and the archives of Turkish artists.
About the museum
The Ankara Painting and Sculpture Museum was founded in 1927, in the early years of the Republic under Atatürk's leadership, in a building designed by the architect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu. After a restoration in 1980 it reopened and quickly took on the character of a modern museum.
Its mission is to show the key works of the artists who shaped Turkish painting and sculpture, arts with a much shorter history in the country than others. The collections reflect how Turkish plastic arts formed and developed.
Behind the galleries the museum runs a specialist plastic-arts library, enriched every year by donations from the state, from Turkish and foreign institutions and embassies, and by new purchases. Its archives of Turkish artists serve researchers, and a dedicated conservation unit looks after the works, controlling temperature and humidity.
Tips
- Researchers can use the art library and artist archives; ask at the museum about access.
- Check the official page for current opening days and any temporary exhibitions.
Questions
When is Painting and Sculpture Museum open?
According to the Ministry’s listing it opens at 08:30 and closes at 17:30 (last entry 17:00). Closed: Monday.
Can I buy tickets for Painting and Sculpture Museum on this site?
No. This site sells no tickets. Topkapı Palace, the Basilica Cistern, Hagia Sophia and Dolmabahçe Palace are sold on our sister sites; for Painting and Sculpture Museum, buy at the ticket office or on the Ministry’s official e-ticket system.
Where is Painting and Sculpture Museum?
Painting and Sculpture Museum is in Ankara, Türkiye — Hacettepe Mahallesi Türk Ocağı Sokak No:1 Altındağ Ankara.
Nearby
Ankara
Republic Museum
The building where the second Turkish parliament sat from 1924, now a child-friendly museum of early Republican politics, with Atatürk's own belongings.
Ankara
Roman Baths of Ankara
The remains of a large bathing complex built under Emperor Caracalla in central Ankara, arranged as an open-air museum with inscribed stones and a columned road.
Ankara
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Ankara's celebrated museum in two restored Ottoman buildings, tracing Anatolia from the Paleolithic to the Phrygians, with virtual tours and Göbeklitepe replicas.
Istanbul tickets online
Four Istanbul landmarks, each sold on its own site by the agency behind this guide — dated entry and free cancellation up to 24 hours.
Basilica Cistern
Justinian’s great underground reservoir: 336 columns in still water and the two Medusa heads. Fast-track entry with a digital audio guide.
Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s cathedral, the sultans’ mosque and a working mosque again today. The ticket admits you to the upper visitor gallery.
Dolmabahçe Palace
A nineteenth-century palace on the water’s edge: the Selamlık, the Ceremonial Hall under its chandelier, the crystal staircase and the Harem.