As the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Directorate of Library and Museums, our aim is to both meet the cultural needs of citizens and researchers and protect our city’s cultural heritage. We see our museums as sites where History is at once protected, recorded, and created through our exhibitions and collections of books, pictures, photographs and objects. In other words, our museums display sources from the past as well as acting as sources for present day historiography. We aim to make visiting all 13 of our affiliated museums an enjoyable, enriching experience.