# List of museums and monuments in Istanbul

This list of museums and monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, includes the relevant architectural entities within Istanbul's city limits.
(in alphabetical order; Turkish-language name in parentheses where appropriate)

## Castles and palaces

* Anadoluhisarı
* Beylerbeyi Palace
* Boukoleon Palace
* Dolmabahçe Palace
* Great Palace of Constantinople
* Küçüksu Pavilion
* Palace of the Porphyrogenitus (Tekfur Sarayı)
* Rumelihisarı
* Tekfur Palace (Tekfur Sarayı) (see Palace of the Porphyrogenitus)
* Topkapı Palace
* Yıldız Palace

## Monuments

* Aviation Martyrs' Monument
* Column of Constantine (also known as the Burnt Column) (Çemberlitaş sütunu)
* Column of the Goths (Gotlar Sütunu)
* Column of Marcian (Kıztaşı, meaning "column of the girl")
* Milion, a mile-marker monument used for measuring the distances between the city (when known as Constantinople) and other cities of the Byzantine Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire)
* Monument of Liberty
* Republic Monument
* Serpent Column

## Museums

* Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library
* Doğançay Museum, contemporary-art museum
* Galatasaray Museum
* Great Palace Mosaic Museum (Büyük Saray Mozaikleri Müzesi)
* Istanbul Archaeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri)
* Istanbul Aviation Museum (İstanbul Havacılık Müzesi)
* Istanbul Military Museum (İstanbul Askeri Müze)
* Istanbul Modern Art Museum (İstanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi)
* Istanbul Naval Museum (İstanbul Deniz Müzesi)
* Istanbul Postal Museum (PTT İstanbul Müzesi)
* İstanbul State Art and Sculpture Museum (İstanbul Devlet Resim ve Heykel Müzesi)
* Istanbul Toy Museum (İstanbul Oyuncak Müzesi)
* Istanbul UFO Museum (İstanbul UFO Müzesi)
* Istanbul Cinema Museum (İstanbul Sinema Müzesi)
* Istanbul Zoology Museum
* Museum of the Ancient Orient (see Istanbul Archaeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri))
* Museum of Classical Ottoman (Divan) Literature
* Museum of Illumination and Heating Appliances (Aydınlatma ve Isıtma Araçları Müzesi)
* The Museum of Innocence (Masumiyet Müzesi)
* Museum of Islamic Art (see Istanbul Archaeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri))
* Panorama 1453 History Museum
* Pera Museum
* Proje4L / Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art
* Rahmi M Koç Museum
* Rezan Has Museum
* Sadberk Hanım Museum
* Sakıp Sabancı Museum
* SALT
* SantralIstanbul (includes the SantralIstanbul Museum of Energy and a modern-art museum)
* TGC Press Media Museum (Basın Müzesi)
* Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum (Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi)

## Religious buildings

* Arap Mosque (Dominican Church of St. Paul)
* Blue Mosque (popular name for the Sultan Ahmed Mosque)
* Bodrum Mosque (Myrelaion)
* Bulgarian St. Stephen Church (also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church) (Sveti Stefan Kilisesi)
* Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (also known as the St. Esprit Cathedral)
* Chora Church (Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii or Kariye Kilisesi — the Chora Museum, Mosque or Church, respectively)
* Fatih Mosque
* Fenari Isa Mosque (Theotokos tou Libos)
* Fethiye Museum (see Pammakaristos Church)
* Hagia Irene (Aya İrini)
* Hagia Sophia
* Kalenderhane Mosque (Theotokos Kyriotissa)
* Kılıç Ali Pasha Complex
* Little Hagia Sophia (Ss. Sergius and Bacchus Church)
* Monastery of Stoudios
* Mosque of the Stablemaster (İmrahor Camii) (see Monastery of Stoudios)
* Ortaköy Mosque
* Pammakaristos Church
* Rüstem Pasha Mosque
* St. Esprit Cathedral (see Cathedral of the Holy Spirit)
* Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque (Sokollu Pasa Camii)
* Süleymaniye Mosque
* Sultan Ahmed Mosque (popularly known as the Blue Mosque)
* Zeyrek Mosque (Church of Christos Pantokrator)

## Others

* Galata Mevlevihanesi (Galata Convent of the Whirling Dervishes)
* Galata Tower
* The Gate of Galatasaray High School
* Hippodrome of Constantinople
* Walls of Constantinople
* Yedikule (Seven Towers) Castle

## Related lists

* List of architectural structures in Istanbul
* List of columns and towers in Istanbul
* List of Byzantine monuments in Istanbul
* List of Istanbulites
* List of libraries in Istanbul
* List of mayors of Istanbul
* List of schools in Istanbul
* List of urban centers in Istanbul
* List of universities in Istanbul