Attached to a primary school built around Turkish music, this is a thematic museum that tries to touch every part of its subject: the history of the music itself, how the instruments work, the history of sound recording, and the composers, compositions, forms and rhythmic cycles that hold the repertoire together. The school describes it as the only museum of its kind and says it was arranged with a good deal of technology and to international museum practice. Visits are by reservation.
When to go
- Climate
- Across İstanbul as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.8 °C in January to 24.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (99 mm) and lightest in July (22 mm). Long-term means for 1950-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
