Sakıp Sabancı Museum
29 Kasım 2024

Sakıp Sabancı Museum

Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum is located in Emirgan, one of the oldest settlements along the Bosphorus in Istanbul. The villa, which is the main building of the museum, was built by the Italian architect Edouard De Nari in 1927 by Prince Mehmed Ali Hasan of the Egyptian Khedive family and was used as a summer residence by various members of the Khedive family for many years and served as the Montenegrin Embassy for a short time. The mansion, which was purchased from Princess İffet, a member of the Khedive family, by the industrialist Hacı Ömer Sabancı from Adana in 1951, became known as the "Horse Mansion" because of the horse statue made in 1864 by the French sculptor Louis Doumas, which was purchased in the same year and placed in front of it. The second horse statue within the grounds of the Horseman's Palace is a cast of one of the four horses taken from Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square, which was looted by the Crusader forces during the 4th Crusade in 1204, and placed in front of the Venetian San Marco church.

Atlı Köşk, which started to be used as a permanent residence by Sakıp Sabancı, the elder of the family, after the death of Hacı Ömer Sabancı in 1966, housed Sakıp Sabancı's rich calligraphy and painting collection for many years, and in 1998, it was transferred to Sabancı University to be converted into a museum with the collection and belongings inside. What has been allocated? The exhibition areas of the Museum, which was opened to visitors in 2002 with the addition of a modern gallery, were expanded with the arrangement in 2005 and reached international standards at the technical level. Today, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum offers a versatile museum environment with its rich collection, comprehensive international temporary exhibitions, conservation units, exemplary educational programs, and various concerts, conferences and seminars.


  • Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi
  • Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi


Source Türkiye Culture Portal History of Istanbul