The museum was first located
in the Bayezit Municipal
Library from the year 1939
until it was moved to the
Fine Arts building of the
Yildiz Palace complex in
1988. On display are
paintings depicting the
social life of the
Ottoman period in
Istanbul, calligraphy,
textiles, 18th and 19th
century porcelains made in
the imperial workshops of
Yildiz Palace, various
glass objects, calligraphy
equipment and other objects
of daily life.