Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art | |
Native Name: | Bursa Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi |
Native Name Lang: | tr |
Coordinates: | 40.1816°N 29.0732°W |
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Established: | 1904 |
Location: | Bursa, Turkey |
Type: | museum |
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The Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art (tr|{{italics correction|Bursa Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi) is a museum located in the former medrese of Yeşil Complex, which was constructed within the order of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I in 1419.
The history of the museum dates back to 1904 when the first museum in Bursa was founded at Bursa Boys' Highschool to exhibit Islamic/Ottoman relics and archeological foundings which were unearthed within city's administrative boundaries. In 1929, the exhibit was moved to the present-day location of Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art. With a new building being prepared for the archeological displays in 1971, the original place within the Yeşil Complex remained a museum for Turkish and Islamic art.[1] [2]