The Palace Collections Museum
Housed in the old palace kitchens at Dolmabahçe, this is where the everyday contents of the Ottoman palaces ended up — furniture, glass, porcelain, clocks, textiles and the fittings that made the great rooms work.
- At the gate
- £5.10
- Allow
- 1h 30m
- District
- Besiktas
- Closed
- Open daily
The Palace Collections Museum, in short
Housed in the old palace kitchens at Dolmabahu00e7e, this is where the everyday contents of the Ottoman palaces ended up u2014 furniture, glass, porcelain, clocks, textiles and the fittings that made the great rooms work.
It is a useful companion to the palace itself. Dolmabahu00e7e shows you the ceremonial face; this shows you what was behind it.
Opening hours
Open daily except Mondays, 09:00 to 17:00.
What it costs
Walk-up entry is u20ac6, one of the best-value tickets in the city. Included on the pass.
Getting there
It is inside the Dolmabahu00e7e Palace grounds at Beu015fiktau015f. Take the T1 tram to Kabatau015f and walk five minutes, or the F1 funicular down from Taksim.
How long to allow
About 45 minutes. Combine it with Dolmabahu00e7e Palace in a single visit u2014 they share a site and the pass covers both.
What is inside
Roughly 20,000 objects, mostly from the 19th and early 20th centuries: Bohemian and Yu0131ldu0131z porcelain, European clocks, imperial glassware, lighting, silverware and furnishings. Displays are grouped by type rather than by reign, which makes the changes in taste across the late Ottoman period easy to follow.
Frequently asked questions
- It occupies the palace kitchens building within the Dolmabahu00e7e grounds, and works best visited alongside the palace.
- Mainly the late Ottoman Empire, concentrating on the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Daily except Mondays, 09:00 to 17:00.
- On its own, probably not. Alongside Dolmabahu00e7e it adds real context for about 45 minutes and u20ac6.