Pera Museum, Private art museum in Evliya Çelebi, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Pera Museum is a private art museum housed in a building from 1893, displaying multiple collections across several floors. Visitors encounter paintings, ceramics, traditional measuring instruments, and contemporary artworks throughout the space.
The building was originally constructed in 1893 as a hotel, serving that purpose for many decades before its transformation. In 2005 it was converted into a museum, giving the historic structure a new cultural role.
The collection displays works spanning centuries of artistic development: Ottoman paintings, handmade tiles from Kütahya, and traditional measuring tools reflect how people lived and worked across different eras. These objects show the craftsmanship that shaped everyday life in this region.
The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday and offers guided tours in several languages for those who want deeper insight. The space is easily navigable on foot and accessible from the street level.
A special section displays more than 10,000 traditional measuring instruments from Anatolia, comprising one of the largest collections of its kind worldwide. These weights and measures offer insight into how trade and daily life functioned across generations.
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