Rezan Has Museum is a space that has come to life with the remains of a 17th century Ottoman structure and an 11th century Byzantine cistern located on the basement floor of the historical building of Kadir Has University.
Rezan Has Museum, which was opened to the visitors in 2007, includes archaeological artifacts that cover a wide range of chronology from Neolithic Period to the Seljuk Period and historical documents and objects belonging to the Cibali Tobacco Factory in its collection.
Our experts will greet you at Kadir Has University and our guided tour will start at the Rezan Has Museum located inside the university. After explaining the works in the exhibition within a historical process, our tour will be completed with a visit to the cistern and restoration studio.
Guided tour
Guided Exhibition Tour in English and Restoration Studio Visit
You are invited to the European Archaeology Days event with a guided tour and restoration workshop visit to be held at Rezan Has Museum on Friday, June 14th, 2024!
Our experts will greet you at Kadir Has University and our guided tour will start at the Rezan Has Museum located inside the university. After explaining the works in the exhibition within a historical process, our tour will be completed with a visit to the cistern and restoration studio.
"The Cibali Tobacco Factory: The Space of Labor Exhibition”
Cibali Tobacco Factory, in which Rezan Has Museum is located, was built in 1884 by Alexandre Vallaury. Cibali Tobacco Factory: The Space of Labor Exhibition offers the opportunity to witness the industrial, economic, political, socio-cultural history of the late Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey.
"The Archaeology of Daily Life Exhibition”
The Archaeology of Daily Life Exhibition, which opens a door to the past, was carefully selected from our collection of archaeological artefacts from the Neolithic Period to the Seljuks. We invite you, our esteemed visitors, to a colorful historical journey about Anatolia and the surrounding civilizations, with the exhibition that includes these significant artefacts that have come to the present day after a journey of thousands of years.
"Wide Belt with Hunting Scene Exhibition”
Wide Belt with Hunting Scene, belonging to the Urartian civilization which ruled in Eastern Anatolia for 250 years, took its place in the collection as a result of a great effort and care. There are lion and bull hunting scenes on the belt that have moving figures lined in six rows that starts from the middle section and goes to its end point. Among the figures: lion, bull, mountain goat, mythological creatures, tree of life, infantrymen and hunting carts are in lined.
"The Urartian Belts Exhibition”
Our museum has one of the most comprehensive collections by Urartian belts in the world. In the Urartian Belts Exhibition, there are belts and belt pieces that have not revealed before and selected carefully from our Urartian Period collection.
"Byzantine Cistern”
The Byzantine Period cistern in our museum, dated to the end of the 11th century, consists of 48 arches, 15 pillars and 20 columns. In the cistern, it is possible to see column capitals made in different styles, dating from the Early Byzantine Period to the 11th century.
Free
Friday 14 June de 11:00 à 12:00
Children, Family, Adults, General public, Schoolchildren
Schoolchildren :Preschool, Primary, Secondary school (11-15 years), Secondary school (15 years and up)
AccessibilityMobility issues / wheelchair
