Museums and Cultural Heritage

Yenikapı Museum / Istanbul Museum - " Yellow Helmet Tours "




To reorganize the Yenikapı zone as a Museum of Urban Archaeology and as an Archaeological Park to axhibit the geo-archaeological finds, ports, boasts, fossils and other paraphernalia. To open the area to controlled tours under the programme named " Yellow Helmet Tours " until a museum area is built.

To reorganize the exhibits of the Museum of Archaeology with a contemporary museology concept.

To reorganize the exhbits of the Museum of Archaeology with a contemporary museology approach to emphasize that it is an imperial museum. The objective is to diversify and sort the objects on exhibit, to display their stories, to develop temporary exhibition practice. Also to record the information on objects in collection in a database.




Museologic Rehabilitation of Topkapı Palace Museum, Renewal of the Kitchens, Arsenal and Fabrics



To convert and rehabilitate the Topkapı Palace Museum in an integrated manner including museologic infrastructure, exhibit-organization, administration, visitor management, financial management, training, communnictions and promotion matters. To rehabilitate the storages of the Kitchens, Arsenal and Fabrics sections with a contemporary museology approach. To conserve and restore the collections, to record the information on objects in collection in a database and to the visitors using latest methods and interactive systems, with a modern concept of museology, in historic and thematic contexts.



St. Irene Museum of Relics and Icons


To prepare for exhibition the collections of icons and relics belonging to other religions stored at the St. Sophia Museum, to display these in the Atrium in the back section of St. Irene and in the galleries surrounding it. To organize a large exhibition with the participation of similar collections abroad in 2010.



Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture - Virtural Museum

To rehabilitate the Museum in an integrated manner with a contemporary museology concept. To record the information on objects in collection in a database thus aloowing access to a much wider audience through a virtual museum to be set up.



Museum of Architect Sinan

To establish a museum to collect and to display interactively in a historical context, information and documents on the works of Architect Sinan.

In paralel to the development of the museum project by Architect Sinan Unversity, work is underway to allocate, through the Directorete of Foundations, one of Sinan's masterpiece buildings for this purpose.

Biosphere ( Center of Natural Sciences )

The objective of the Center to be astablished at the Saint Joseph High School is to orgabize permanent and temporary exhibitions in zoology, botanics, seismology, ecology, geology, space and genetics.

The project, which has gained an international charecter with the participation of Istanbul Technical University, Paris Sciemce Center and TEMA ( The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats) aims to give everbody from the age of three aducation in natural sciences, to develop the social awareness for the environment and to emphasize the biologic richness and biodiversity of Turkey.