One of the four horses on Atlı Köşk square in Istanbul, which was ransacked by Crusaders during the Fourth Crusade in 1204, and carried to the Basilica of St. Mark, in Venice, was a second horse sculpture on the grounds of the mansion named after Atlı Köşk. Atlı Köşk, in 1974, was the oldest in the family after the death of Hacı Omer Sabancı. For many years it housed a rich collection of calligraphy and pictures by Sakıp Sabancı. In 1998, the Sabancı familiy legately transformed the palace into a museum, together with its collection and furnishings.

Things to See in Sakip Sabanci Museum

The permanent collection includes the Calligraphy Collection, painting Collection and the Furniture and Decorative Arts Collection and includes some excellent specimens of traditional Islamic and Ottoman arts and documents from the 14th century onwards.

There is also a temporary exposition of major painters, such as the Monet Sakip Sabanci Museum Exhibition, the Rembrandt Sakip Sabanci Museum Expo 2012 and the Sakip Sabanci Museum Anish Kapoor Exhibition 2013. The  museum is the venue for temporary exhibitions. In the luxuriant garden, one of Anish Kapoor’s pieces, Double, now belongs to the museum’s permanent collection.

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How to Get to Sakip Sabanci Museum

From Taksim (40, 40T or 42T) or Kabataş take the bus to Emirgan (22, 22RE or 25E). Alternatively, board a tour of Dentur Avrasya from Kabataş or Beşiktaş, Hop On Off Classıc Bosphorus.

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Visiting Information

The Museum is open from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm from Tuesday through Sunday (and until 8pm on Wednesdays). Typically there is 40 Turkish Lira for admittance to the the museum, but on Wednesdays it is free.

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