Talk:Istanbul Archaeology Museums

name of museum
There seem to be conflicting information on how this museum is called in English. Discussion on the Commons is here. Apparently it should either be 1) "Istanbul Archaeological Museum" or 2) "Archaeological Museum of Istanbul". Please join in. Gryffindor 12:01, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I called the museum and talked to the officials. What they say is both of them goes. Namely, both "Istanbul Archaeological Museum" and "Archaeological Museum of Istanbul" is ok. Besides, I referred to "Blue Guide Turkey", and saw that it gives the name as "Istanbul Archaeological Museum", so does an online Lonely Planet article.


 * Besides, I made a Google book search instead of just googling to eliminate the non-academic/unscientific sources. The resultant figures are as follows:


 * 32 hits for "Istanbul Archaeology Museum",
 * 177 hits for "Archaeological Museum of Istanbul",
 * 438 hits for "Istanbul Archaeological Museum".


 * Under these circumstances, renaming the article to "Istanbul Archaeological Museum" seems more suitable to me. Thanks. --Chapultepec (talk) 12:37, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I just found my entry ticket and the brochure, it says "Istanbul Archaeology Museums", I posted more thoughts on the Commons talk page. Gryffindor  23:59, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Just found some links in Google books for the newly proposed name. --Chapultepec (talk) 00:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Latest news
Today in the morning I referred to that Byzantinist guide I mentioned yesterday. He told me that the real name in English is "Istanbul Archaeological Museums". Just to be sure, I went to the museum, and saw that he was right. Here is what it reads at the entrance of the museum:


 * Istanbul Archaeological Museums
 * Archaeological Museum
 * Museum of the Ancient Orient
 * Tiled Pavillion

Here is the result of a Google book search for the term "Istanbul Archaeological Museums" just for verification: 124 items

--Chapultepec (talk) 11:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Infobox image
Hi Gryffindor, I just wondered why you changed the infobox image. It seemed to me that the older one had more lively colors than the existing. Thanks. --Chapultepec (talk) 12:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Because the museum has been renovated in the meantime so this image is more up-to-date. Gryffindor  23:59, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Really? Did the facade of the main building undergo any renovation within the last five years? --Chapultepec (talk) 00:09, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Tiled Kiosk marge
We should include Tiled Kiosk information(probably everything?) here.--Cerian (talk) 13:11, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Dubious claim
"It was the first museum to feature Turkish art". I have fact tagged that claim because it is obviously NOT true - for example, the British Museum (and many other museums) held many examples of "Turkish art" (whetever that actually means) such as Iznik tiles and pottery, and Ottoman military objects like weapons, armour, canons, etc. In fact, "Turkish art" (if one means the broader sense of Islamic art) was considered by the museum as unworthy of inclusion. Quotes from note 44, p192, of James Cuno's 2008 book "Who Owns Antiquity": "The museum began to collect Islamic art only in 1889" and he says that it was under the ideology of the Young Turks that the museum would "transform the Islamic arts section into an overt means of nationalist expression..." (i.e. to present that Islamic art as "Turkish art"). There would have been collections of Islamic/Turkish art in Turkey long before this date (the 1910s), so it is even incorrect to claim "it was the first museum in Turkey to feature Turkish art". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.143.19 (talk) 14:57, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

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