Journey to Osman Hamdi Bey’s World: Virtual Reality Experience

The life and art of Osman Hamdi Bey through his works in the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection

An Ottoman intellectual raised by the Tanzimat Era… An exceptional personality, who made substantial, diversified and lifelong contributions to various fields of culture and arts such as painting, archaeology, museology, and art education…

More than 100 years after his death, the legacy Osman Hamdi Bey left behind live in the works of academics, institutions, and museums. He continues to make headlines, draw attention, be heard, and become the topic of heated debates.

This special section dedicated to Osman Hamdi Bey at the Sevgi and Erdoğan Gönül Gallery of Pera Museum not only displays different aspects of his impassioned relationship with the art of painting through his works included in the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Collection, but it also pays tribute to this multifaceted personality.

The exhibition also pays tribute to this multifaceted personality by “A Journey into the World of Osman Hamdi Bey” virtual reality experience which enables the audience to pay visit to Osman Hamdi Bey’s working space and to step into his painting The Tortoise Trainer.

“A Journey into the World of Osman Hamdi Bey” virtual reality experience can be visited every day, except for Mondays and special days.
Visiting Hours
Tuesdays to Thursdays: 11.00 – 14.00 and 16.00 – 19.00
Fridays: 11.00 – 14.00 and 17.00 – 21.00
Weekends: 12.00 – 17.00.