The Naval Museum
involves important works and documents regarding
Turkish naval history. It is one of the most
important museums in the world as of its variety
of collections.
The foundations of
the Naval Museum, the first
military museum established in
Turkey was laid in
1897 by Bahriye Nazırı
(Minister of Navy)
Hüseyin Hüsnü Paşa of Bozcaada.
Until 1960, the place of the
museum have been changed several times. Now, it
is servicing at the place of previous
Beşiktaş Tax Office.
The most
interesting part of the museum is "Historical
Boats Gallery". The
Ottoman
sultanate boats, being unique in the
world, are exhibited in their original
forms and the most valuable piece of the
collection is the tenezzuh galley which
belonged to Mehmed IV
from 1648–1687.
In the
garden of the museum, which was designed
as an open exhibition area, three wall
maps together with Piri Reis
map's mosaic reproduction displaying the
borders of the sovereignty of theOttoman
Empire, the busts of the
famous Turkish seamen, original mines
which are not affected by weather
conditions, torpidos and ancient
inscriptions belonged to naval
institutions are exhibited. The
invaluable drawings of Hüsnü
Tengüz, Ivan
Kosntantinvich
Aivazovski and Fausto
Zonaro are among the pieces of
work that must surely be seen in the
museum.
Except for
Mondays and Tuesdays,
the museum can be visited on other days from
09.00 to 17.30.
