Carpet Museum
The Carpet Museum, which is affiliated to the General Directorate of Foundations, is in the Sultan Ahmet Mosque Hünkar Pavilion in Istanbul. The building is the first examples of sultan's pavilions as a pre-built structure for the Sultan to rest after the prayer. Hünkar Pavilion, which was built together with the Sultan Ahmet Mosque, was built in 1609-1617 by Sultan Ahmet I. Its architect is Sedefkar Mehmet Ağa. After the fire, which has taken the detail before the pavilion, which will be related to the various, and has done its last major repair. Purchased goods are learned in the construction notebooks furnished with pavilion fabrics, rugs and carpets with original roofs and decorations. The Carpet Museum (Sultan Ahmet Mosque Hünkar Pavilion) is over two floors and has a corridor, a ramp to the upper floor, and three rooms on the upper floor. Large-sized carpets are exhibited in the lower floor entrance hall and ramp, and small-sized carpets are exhibited on the upper floor. It is the only museum in Turkey where only the carpet is exhibited. The museum collection is about the possibility of historical and art high carpets donated to mosques with an ancient Islam since value.
There are 448 carpets in the carpet museum. 62 carpets are exhibited alternately. Carpets with very rare features are exhibited in the museum where authentic Turkish carpets are found. The earliest carpet in the museum, which has a very rich collection, dates back to XIV. century principalities era. Among the carpets on display, XV. Carpets of the early Ottoman period, XVI. XVII. century classical period carpets (Uşak carpets, Bergama, Konya and kula carpets) XVIII. century Kazakh carpet, XVI. Century Persian carpets, Caucasian carpets, Turkmen carpets, XIX. century Yagcibedir prayer rug. XIX. The most precious examples of prayer rugs belonging to Kula, Gördes, Konya, Ladik and Milas districts of the 19th century are exhibited. The museum is closed to visitors due to the museum.
