Istanbul Modern
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, colloquially referred to as Istanbul Modern, is a contemporary art gallery located inside the Galataport complex in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Thursday and Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM - Email: info@istanbulmodern.org
- Type: Museum
- Description: contemporary art museum in Istanbul, Turkey
- Also known as: “İstanbul Modern” and “Istanbul Museum of Modern Art”
- Address: Tophane İskele Caddesi 1/1, Kılıç Ali Paşa Mahallesi, Istanbul, Beyoğlu, 34433
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Golden Horn and Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque.
Golden Horn
Photo: VikiPicture, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Golden Horn is the district of Istanbul surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.
Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque is a mosque at the heart of a complex designed and built between 1580 and 1587 by Mimar Sinan, who at the time was in his 90s. Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque is situated 170 metres west of Istanbul Modern.
Galata Tower
The Galata Tower, officially the Galata Tower Museum, is a medieval Genoese tower in the Galata part of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. Built as a watchtower at the highest point of the mostly demolished Walls of Galata, the tower is now an exhibition space and museum, and a symbol of Beyoğlu and Istanbul. Galata Tower is situated 720 metres west of Istanbul Modern.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tophane and Karaköy.
Tophane
Quarter
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Tophane is a quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, running downhill from Galata to the shore of the Bosphorus where it joins up with Karaköy to the southwest and Fındıklı to the northeast.
Karaköy
Quarter
Karaköy, the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of Bosphorus.
Fındıklı
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fındıklı is the northernmost neighbourhood of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus. Tophane is to the south and Kabataş to the north.
Istanbul Modern
- Categories: art museum, art gallery, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Galata, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
41.02591° or 41° 1′ 33″ northLongitude
28.98281° or 28° 58′ 58″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
8GHC2XGM+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 5640069827OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Istanbul Modern” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “İstanbul Müasir İncəsənət Muzeyi”
- Bulgarian: “Музей на съвременното изкуство (Истанбул)”
- Bulgarian: “Музей на съвременното изкуство”
- Catalan: “Istanbul Modern”
- Chinese: “伊斯坦堡现代艺术博物馆”
- Chinese: “伊斯坦堡現代美術館”
- Chinese: “伊斯坦堡現代藝術博物館”
- Chinese: “伊斯坦堡當代美術館”
- Chinese: “伊斯坦布尔现代艺术博物馆”
- Czech: “Istanbulské muzeum moderního umění”
- Dutch: “Istanbul Modern”
- Dutch: “İstanbul Modern”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسطنبول مودرن”
- French: “musée d’art moderne d’Istanbul”
- French: “Musée d’Art moderne d’Istanbul”
- Georgian: “ისტამბულ-მოდერნი”
- German: “Istanbul Modern”
- German: “İstanbul Modern”
- Greek: “Μουσείο Μοντέρνας Τέχνης της Κωνσταντινούπολης”
- Indonesian: “İstanbul Modern”
- Indonesian: “Museum Seni Rupa Modern Istanbul”
- Italian: “Istanbul Modern”
- Japanese: “イスタンブール現代美術館”
- Japanese: “イスタンブール近代美術館”
- Japanese: “イスタンブル現代美術館”
- Macedonian: “Истанбулски музеј на уметноста”
- Mazanderani: “استامبول مدرن موزه”
- Polish: “Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Stambule”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Arte Moderna de Istambul”
- Russian: “Истанбул Модерн”
- Russian: “Стамбульский музей современного искусства”
- Spanish: “Museo de Arte Moderno de Estambul”
- Swedish: “Istanbul Museum of Modern Art”
- Turkish: “İstanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi”
- Turkish: “İstanbul Modern”
- Ukrainian: “Стамбульський музей сучасного мистецтва”
- Urdu: “استنبول ماڈرن”
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