A photo album from a 2009 visit by istanbullite.com
While Topkapı Museum is the number one museum attraction in Istanbul ,Topkapi only covers the Ottoman era of 600 years in Turkish history. Istanbul Archeaological Museum on the other hand has artifacts from the early civilizations of Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Arabia and Egypt from a period stretching over 3000 years.Comparible to British Museum of London Istanbul Archealogical Museum 'is a must see.
