Before the Turkish Innocence Museum, there was a book called the Innocence Museum. This museum was built in 2012. It covers a small area, but our things are still very interesting. If you want to travel, you can read this book first.
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The Museum of Innocence Highlights: Must-See Features and Attractions
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This is a museum born out of a novel, a real-life version of Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence, which opened in 2012. The museum has four floors and is located in an alley, the location is not easy to find. Highlights The top floor of the museum is completely decorated according to the life of the hero in the book, and you can also see the handwritten manuscript of Pamuk's novel and the design draft of the museum. In this museum full of old objects, you can also see images, photos and sound materials that evoke memories of old Istanbul. The background story "The Museum of Innocence" is about an infatuated man who collects all the objects his sweetheart has touched, including salt shakers, puppy decorations, thimbles, pens, hair cards, ashtrays, earrings, playing cards, keys, fans, perfume bottles , handkerchiefs, brooches, etc., and even 4213 cigarette butts. The protagonist completed 1743 museums in 15 years and created the "Museum of Innocence", and all the objects were regarded as the collection of this love museum to commemorate his eternally lost love. This novel is called a very personal one by the author himself, and when he was writing it, he was planning to build a museum of innocence in the true sense related to the content of this book. The museum is divided into 83 areas according to the 83 chapters in the book, and Pamuk is not only the founder and curator of the Museum of Innocence, but also a provider of exhibits.
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The Museum of Innocence Reviews: Insider Insights and Visitor Experiences
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Before the Turkish Innocence Museum, there was a book called the Innocence Museum. This museum was built in 2012. It covers a small area, but our things are still very interesting. If you want to travel, you can read this book first.
A little hard to find. I listened to the audio/video downstairs and loved the book. A lot of thought and detail went into this. I enjoyed looking at the collection and appreciated the love story. If you are handicap I do not recommend as 3 flights of narrow stairs.
It is poetic. The museum is a small house with a collection of books related to Pamuk. Everyone can find some surprises here, they are different and very charming. My 20-year-old daughter and I love it. You will love this area if you visit here, there are many interesting antique shops.
I love love the concept of this museum! To me it revolutionizes the traditional concept of a museum and puts someone's personal life and collection at public display. Following the awesome book of Orhan Pamuk, this house has been turned into a museum upon the request of its owner Kemal. He's quite a unique character. I advise you to read the book before you take a trip to this museum. You will see how a real life story has been turned into a book, then into a museum. I was able to connect to every piece of this museum which gathers many antique collections, souvenirs and quirky things Kemal used to collect out of sheer love. This is personal history coming to life! Sheer Joy!
It's totally fake, and yet so immersive that it feels anything but. If you walk out of this museum without feeling something for Kemal and Fusun, you're a heartless unfeeling robot. Read the book first, 'The Museum of Innocence' by Orhan Pamuk, and then take it with you as it will get you a free ticket into the exhibitions. It starts with hundreds of cigarettes pinned to a wall like so many withered butterflys, and only gets more interesting and intriguing from there.
Speaking about the naive and the adventurous “search of lost time”, it is impossible to not to mention Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence. This is the companion to Pamuk’s novel which translates the book into a tangible labyrinth of nostalgia, a time tunnel opening to the life in Istanbul in the second half of the 20th century.
This is an amazing museum was created by celebrated Turkish author Orham Pamuk and is a companion piece, if you will, to the book of the same name. It's based on a museum described in the book and he curated it as he wrote the book, finding objects then working them into the story or, in some cases, finding they didn't fit the story and then getting rid of them for the real-world museum. Obviously reading the book before you visit is the richest way to experience it, but I'd only read an excerpt and found this a thought-provoking, amazing experience. A must-see in Istanbul and off the beaten track.
I didn't even read the book by Orhan Pamuk, but the museum was really impressing and also inspiring.