Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum is a meeting point offering transformative cultural experiences.
It attaches utmost care to preserving, researching, developing and interpreting its collections and the holistic art heritage of our country as it aims to create common value with all its stakeholders in its exhibitions and events.
Acting in tandem with Sabancı University in research, education and technology, it offers innovative and creative learning experiences for everyone.
Sakıp Sabancı Museum was awarded the Safe Tourism Certificate from the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency in 2021.
SSM Collections
The Arts of Book and the Calligraphy Collection of Sakıp Sabancı Museum offers a comprehensive overview of 500 years of Ottoman calligraphy, with rare Koran manuscripts, kitas, albums, panels, hilyes, edicts and calligraphic tools. In 2012, The Arts of Book and the Calligraphy Collection was re‑launched with a contemporary exhibition concept, enriched with digital applications.
The rooms on the ground floor of the Atlı Köşk house furniture used by Sabancı Family, designed with influences from late rococo, neo‑classic and empire styles with a western provenance and decorative works of art from the 19th century. The archaeological and stone works collection consisting of singular pieces dating back to Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods, as well as statues, fountains, columns and contemporary works of art are exhibited in the museum’s garden.
Exhibitions held at SSM
In 2021, SSM continued to bring art enthusiasts together with leading artists and movements of Turkish and international art both through physical museum visits and online.
An exhibition from SSM’s collections, From the Reformation to the Republic: Master Artists, Artist Students offers a glimpse of the historical journey of art in Turkey, featuring 115 works by artists including Hoca Ali Rıza, Caliph Abdülmecid Efendi, Hüseyin Zekai Paşa, Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Şevket Dağ, Hikmet Onat, Hüseyin Avni Lifij, İbrahim Çallı, and Nazmi Ziya Güran, as well as the pioneering female artist Mihri (Müşfik) Hanım.
As the exhibition shows the interaction and change between generations through the relationship of masters and students, it also offers the opportunity to trace the social and economic transformation of the country through the art of painting.
Opened in 2021 and continuing in 2022, the exhibition From the Reformation to the Republic: Master Artists, Artist Students can be viewed during days and hours the museum is open to visitors in accordance with measures taken against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.