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Archaeology Museum
(Arkeolojı Müzelerı)

Also known as: Archeology Museum
Also known as: Archaeological Museum
Formerly: The Imperial Museum
Built: 1881-1896
Designed by: Alexander Vallaury
Renovated: 1903: Right wing added
Renovated: 1907: Left wing added
Type: Museum
Stories: 4
Location: Osman Hamdi Bey Yokuşu, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Architect: Alexander Vallaury
  • Founded by: Osman Hamdi Bey
  • This complex consists of three museums: The Archaeology Museum, the Museum of the Ancient Eastern Works, and the Tiled Pavilion Museum
  • The Museum of the Ancient Eastern Works was once the Academy of Fine Arts.

  • 1472: The building now known as the Tiled Pavilion Museum is built.
  • 1880: The Tiled Pavilion Museum opens as the Imperial Museum.
  • June 13, 1891: This museum opens to the public.
  • 1903: Right wing is completed.
  • 1907: Left wing is completed.
  • 1969: Construction begins on the museum annex, also known as the "New Building."
  • 1983: Construction of the museum annex is completed.

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