Islands Museum
The Islands Museum, which was implemented within the scope of the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency projects, with the joint work of the Islands Foundation, Islands Municipality and Islands District Governorate, became fully operational on September 10, 2010. Istanbul's first contemporary city museum offers a different experience for visitors with its approach, content, presentation, spaces, layout and activities. The entrance animation, prepared as a result of studies on various maps and space photographs of the 9 Istanbul Islands, welcomes the visitors and provides basic urban information about the Islands. The Dunkleosteus armored fish replica, whose fossilized traces were found on the island rocks and is known to have lived in these seas 400 million years ago, is right in front of you.
The Museum Gives the Message of Let's Protect Nature
While the nature of the Islands, all their riches, their diversity throughout history, the species that disappeared over time, the destruction of nature and its consequences are explained to the general audience, surprises await especially children. The species that have disappeared over time in the waters surrounding the Islands are also in this section. Recently lost fish, crustaceans and plants. Extinct life in Marmara is discussed, from algae, of which there are hundreds in a drop of seawater, to "mucilage", the wastes of microscopic creatures consisting of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. In this section, video and microscope examination are used, especially for children. Geology Travel Board Birds of the Islands Islands from the Notes of Ancient Writers and Travelers Life Beginning to Shape in the Islands The First Owners of the Islands From Exile to Resorts...
Connection of the Islands to Istanbul and the Settlement Area The Islands are a Resort Place Loved from a Distance and Visited in the Summer Architecture of the Islands Population Changes and Migration Transportation to the Islands / Transportation within the Islands / Boat Races Sea Transportation and Water Sports Island Musicians Islands and Flavor Escape Place and Again Discovered Islands Databases Accessible from Every Point of the Museum Maps, Ottoman Archive documents, Architectural Heritage, Oral History and Island celebrities database on touch screens that allow access to information about the history, present and future of the Islands...
Other Sections of the Museum; Library • Archive, Website www.adalarmuzesi.org, Activities, Workshops, Children's Education Programs, Island Taste Tours, Museum Friends
Source Türkiye Culture Portal History of Istanbul