The Museum of Innocence

Masumiyet Müzesi

The Museum of Innocence is both a novel by Orhan Pamuk and a museum he has set up. From the very beginnings of the project, since the 1990s, Pamuk has conceived of novel and museum together.

The novel, which is about love, is set between 1974 and the early ’00s, and describes life in Istanbul between 1950 and 2000 through memories and flashbacks centred around two families – one wealthy, the other lower middle class.

The museum presents what the novel’s characters used, wore, heard, saw, collected and dreamed of, all meticulously arranged in boxes and display cabinets. It is not essential to have read the book in order to enjoy the museum, just as it is not necessary to have visited the museum in order to fully enjoy the book. But those who have read the novel will better grasp the many connotations of the museum, and those who have visited the museum will discover many nuances they had missed when reading the book. The novel was published in 2008, the museum opened in Spring 2012.

Ticket Prices: Adults: 25 TL, Students: 10 TL
Entrance with the Book: The ticket printed in the closing pages of Orhan Pamuk's novel The Museum of Innocence can be stamped at the ticket office in exchange for an invitation to the museum. If you intend to enter with the book, please get it stamped at the ticket office to collect your invitation before entering the museum.