National Palaces Painting Museum

The National Palaces Painting Museum occupies part of the Crown Prince Apartments of Dolmabahçe Palace in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. It opened on 22 March 2014 and is run by the Directorate of National Palaces, under the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye.

The apartments were built in the reign of Sultan Abdülmecid, and successive heirs to the throne lived in them. After the restoration of a second wing, the whole museum was rehung with new display panels, lighting and labels.

The museum shows 553 works from the National Palaces collection, which grew when Yıldız and Topkapı palaces joined it. They date from the 16th to the 20th century and hang in 34 themed sections. Rooms are given to Ivan Aivazovsky, Osman Hamdi Bey, Hoca Ali Rıza, Halil Paşa and Abdülmecid Efendi, among others. Its best known canvas, by Félix-Auguste Clément, is described as the largest Orientalist painting in Turkey.