Pera Museum

Pera Museum is w well-known private art museum located in Beyoğlu district’s Tepebaşı quarter in Istanbul, Turkey, the Pera Museum. It was founded by the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation and is most popular for its focus on Orientalism in 19th-century art. The museum is housed in a beautiful 19th-century building that was once the historic Bristol hotel.

It is spread across five floors of which two floors house permanent exhibitions, namely Orientalist Paintings, Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics, and Anatolian Weights and Measures and the other three floors feature temporary exhibitions. Some of the other paintings and exhibitions include Osman Hamdi Bey which focuses on the life and work of the Ottoman intellectual and includes his painting “Tortoise Trainer.”, Coffee Break which traces the arrival of coffee in Ottoman Yemen and The Art of Weights and Measures. There is also a cafe, Pera Café, within the museum. The museum’s exhibitions are also accompanied by catalogues, books, and audio-visual events and are known for learning programs.