Pera Museum

Pera Museum (Turkish: Pera Müzesi) is an art museum in the Tepebaşı quarter of the Beyoğlu (Pera) district in Istanbul, Turkey, located at Meşrutiyet Avenue No. 65 (adjacent to İstiklal Avenue and in close proximity to Taksim Square.) It has a particular focus on Orientalism in 19th-century art.

The Pera Museum was founded by the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation in 2005. The museum is located in the historic building of the former Hotel Bristol, which was designed by architect Achille Manoussos and built in 1893. It was renovated between 2003 and 2005 by architect Sinan Genim, who preserved the facade of the building and transformed the interior into a modern and fully equipped museum.

Pera Museum hosts regular, international loan exhibitions, in addition to holding permanent collections of Orientalist Paintings, Anatolian Weights and Measures, and Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics.

The museum's Orientalist Painting Collection consists of works by European and Ottoman/Turkish artist, including works by Osman Hamdi Bey and his most famous painting, The Tortoise Trainer.

Kökenoğlu Rıza Efendi. Painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, 1871.

Two Musician Girls. Painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, 1880.

Girl with Pink Cap. Painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, 1904.

The Tortoise Trainer. Painting by Osman Hamdi Bey, 1906.

Foreign ambassadors being received at the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Ahmed III. Painting by Jean-Baptiste van Mour, 1725.

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