Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum is located in Emirgan, one of the oldest settlements on the Bosphorus in Istanbul. The villa, which is the main building of the museum, was built by the Italian architect Edouard De Nari by Prince Mehmed Ali Hasan of the Egyptian Khedive family in 1927 and was used as a summer residence by various members of the Khedive family for many years, and served as the Montenegrin Embassy for a short time. The mansion, which was purchased from Princess İffet, a member of the Khedive family, by the industrialist Hacı Ömer Sabancı from Adana in 1951, began to be known as the "Equestrian Villa" because of the 1864 horse sculpture of the French sculptor Louis Doumas, which was bought and placed in front of it in the same year. The second horse statue within the grounds of the Equestrian Mansion is a cast of one of the 4 horses placed in front of the Venetian San Marco church, taken from the Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, which was looted by the Crusaders during the 4th Crusade in 1204. After Hacı Ömer Sabancı's death in 1966, the Atlı Köşk, which was started to be used as a permanent residence by Sakıp Sabancı, the elder of the family, housed Sakıp Sabancı's rich calligraphy and painting collection for many years, and in 1998, the collection and items inside were converted into a museum at Sabancı University. what is allocated. The exhibition areas of the Museum, which was opened to visitors in 2002 with the addition of a modern gallery, were expanded with the arrangement in 2005 and reached international standards at the technical level. Today, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum offers a versatile museum environment with its rich collection, comprehensive international temporary exhibitions, conservation units, exemplary education programs, various concerts, conferences and seminars.
