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Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum

Bursa's museum in the Green Madrasa, with tiles, woodwork, metalwork, coins and costume from the Seljuk, principality and Ottoman periods, plus a garden of Bursa tombstones.

About the museum

The first museum in Bursa began modestly in 1902, when an education official and a school accountant gathered antiquities and folk objects from the area in a school garden and lab. It grew quickly, became an official branch of the Imperial Museum in 1904 under Osman Hamdi Bey, and moved into the Green Madrasa, opening there in 1930. It later reopened under its present name in 1975.

The Green Madrasa, also known as the Sultaniye Madrasa, is one of the earliest Ottoman madrasas and belongs to the Green Complex, built between 1414 and 1424 by the architect Hacı İvaz Pasha. In plan it recalls the open-iwan madrasas of the Anatolian Seljuks and was built of rubble, ashlar and brick.

Inside, the collection covers the 13th to the 20th century: İznik and Kütahya tiles and ceramics, carved and inlaid woodwork, metalwork including tombak, Seljuk and Ottoman coins, traditional handicrafts and costume. The garden shelters Bursa tombstones from the 15th to the 19th century and some stone inscriptions.

Tips

  • The Green Mosque and the Green Tomb are next door, so the visit fits into a walk around the Yeşil district.
  • Other Bursa museums include the Ottoman House Museum and the Bursa Archaeological Museum; check the official page for opening hours.

Questions

When is Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum open?

According to the Ministry’s listing it opens at 08:00 and closes at 17:00 (last entry 16:30). Open every day.

Can I buy tickets for Turkish and Islamic Arts 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 Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, buy at the ticket office or on the Ministry’s official e-ticket system.

Where is Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum?

Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum is in Bursa, Türkiye — Yeşil cadde Zehrimar Camii Sokak 16360 Yıldırım/Bursa.

Nearby

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Ottoman House Museum

A 17th-century Bursa house beside the Muradiye complex, opened as a museum in 1958, with painted and carved woodwork on its upper floor.

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Bursa Atatürk House Museum

A late-19th-century villa on Çekirge Street where Atatürk stayed on his visits to Bursa, kept with almost all of his original furniture.

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İznik Museum

A 14th-century soup kitchen with an unusual inverted-T plan, turned into the museum of ancient Nicaea, with finds from prehistory to the Ottoman era and a garden of stone fragments.

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