Sadberk Hanim Museum- Istanbul

Sadberk Hanim Museum- Istanbul

The Sadberk Hanim Museum situated at the entrance of Sarıyer has been launched at old Azaryan Yalı in the memory of Sadberk Hanım, the wife of Vehbi Koç and was opened in the year 1981.

In the archaeological works section which is the first building of the two buildings there are works from the prehistoric period dating back to 6000 BC upto late Byzantine period.

Ceramics and maces, cuneiform tablets from ancient Bronze Age, Assyrian, Hittite, Phrygian and Urartu opuses, pots and pans, sculptures from Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine ages, etc. In the second part of the museum on the other hand there is the Islamic and Ottoman opuses section.

In this section samples of Islamic metal art, oil lamps, mortars, plates, jugs, tombacs, porcelaine, Iznik, Kutahya, Canakkale tiles, european porcelain and turkish handworks are displayed. The yalı adjacent to the main building was purchased and restored with the aim to include the Hüseyin Kocabaş collection to the museum.

This building is known as "Sevgi Gonul Building" since 1988 . It houses archaeological works from Hatti, Hittite, Roman, Phrygian Byzantine, Hellenistic and Seljuk periods.

The museum can be visited everyday from 09:00 to 17:00 between October and March and from 10:30 to 18:00 between April and October except Wednesdays.