Museum of Innocence

The Museum of Innocence is both a novel by Orhan Pamuk and a museum he has set up. From the very beginnings of the project, since the 1990s, Pamuk has conceived of novel and museum together. The novel, which is about love, is set between 1974 and the early ’00s, and describes life in Istanbul between 1950 and 2000 through memories and flashbacks centred around two families – one wealthy, the other lower middle class. The museum presents what the novel’s characters used, wore, heard, saw, collected and dreamed of, all meticulously arranged in boxes and display cabinets. It is not essential to have read the book in order to enjoy the museum, just as it is not necessary to have visited the museum in order to fully enjoy the book. But those who have read the novel will better grasp the many connotations of the museum, and those who have visited the museum will discover many nuances they had missed when reading the book. The novel was published in 2008, the museum opened in Spring 2012.
Address: -Çukurcuma Caddesi, Dalgıç Çıkmazı, 2, 34425, Beyoğlu, İstanbul, Türkiye
 Contact Info:- Phone: 00 90 212 252 97 38-- Fax: 00 90 212 252 97 48
 Email: info@masumiyetmuzesi.org
 Address Description:
The Museum of Innocence is in Istanbul, in the neighbourhood of Çukurcuma, between İstiklal Avenue and Tophane. Walking distances from nearby landmarks are, in minutes: 12 from Taksim, 8 from Galatasaray, 8 from Tophane, 10 from Istanbul Modern, 10 from Cihangir.
For those making their way to the museum by tram, the nearest stop is Tophane, an 8 minute walk away.
The culmination of decades of omnivorous collecting, Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence in Istanbul uses his novel of lost love, The Museum of Innocence, as a departure point to explore the city of his youth.
 In The Innocence of Objects, Pamuk’s catalog of this remarkable museum, he writes about things that matter deeply to him: the psychology of the collector, the proper role of the museum, the photography of old Istanbul (illustrated with Pamuk’s superb collection of haunting photographs and movie stills), and of course the customs and traditions of his beloved city. The book’s imagery is equally evocative, ranging from the ephemera of everyday life to the superb photographs of Turkish photographer Ara Güler. Combining compelling art and writing, The Innocence of Objects is an original work of art and literature.
 Orhan Pamuk became the first recipient of the Mary Lynn Kotz Award with The Innocence of Objects in October 2013 being entitled as the best writer for a museum catalogue and an art book published in USA in 2012.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 10.00-18.00
Thursday: 10:00 - 21:00
 Museum of Innocence will be closed only on Mondays and on January 1st and on the first days of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha every year.
 TICKETS--
You can buy your tickets from the booth on the left hand side of the entrance from Tuesday to Sunday between 10.00 - 17.30 or make a group reservation by sending an e-mail to info@masumiyetmuzesi.org.
 Ticket Fees: Adults: 25 TL, Students: 10 TL, Annual Unlimited Pass: 100 TL
 The ticket printed in the closing pages of Orhan Pamuk's novel The Museum of Innocence can be stamped at the ticket office in exchange for an invitation to the museum.
 Audio Guide in Turkish and English: 5 TL per visitor
 Please note that only the ground floor of the museum is wheelchair accessible.