Sixty-one of the structures represent famous landmarks around Istanbul, while 9 others represent buildings in Anatolia and 12 from the Ottoman territories that lie outside of Turkey today.
Also featured are historic structures from the antique era to the Byzantine and the Seljuks.
- Rahmi Koç Museum
The Rahmi Koc Museum, located in Haskoy at a 27,000-acre land is the first museum in Turkey dedicated to the history of transport, industry, and communications that hosts the Mustafa Koc Building, Historic Haskoy Shipyard, and an open-air exhibition area.
The museum itself is a living memory of Turkey with its numerous sections, including one for Ataturk, featuring items on roads, machines, communication, scientific tools, models and toys.
Decommissioned Turkish Navy submarine TCG Uluc Reis, historic recreational boat MV Fenerbahce, and a nostalgic ride along the shores of the Golden Horn should be in your to-do list.
The museum also features exhibits, workshops, and activities for children to try out their information on astronomy, maths and printing press.
- Istanbul Toy Museum
Founded by Turkish poet and author Sunay Akın, Istanbul Toy Museum exhibits some of the most exquisite samples of toys dating back to the 18th century.
Akın has collected these toys in 20 years from auctions, more than 40 collectors and antique shops in order to revive history in a more entertaining way.
One of the most family-friendly museums for a pleasant semester holiday, where each room resembles a different theater stage, the Toy Museum promises an enjoyable time to all three generations.
The gallery of space toys exhibits shining stars overhead, whereas miniature train sets are exhibited in a genuine train compartment whereby the progress of industry is depicted over the years by the language of the toys.
- Barış Manço Museum
The house where once Barış Manço, one of the most popular and influential singers in modern Turkish music history, had lived in Istanbul is now waiting for visitors in the semester.
When you got in his house, the address of which is probably known by everybody in turkey, 1/1
A real-size wax figure of Manço greets you as you step into his house standing next to his own grand piano.
The visitors will be happy to see his large collection of glass items, career awards, dining room, dressing room, winter, and summer gardens.
- Kite Museum
Founded by Mehmet Naci Aköz, an avid kite collector since 1986, this museum boasts a collection of more than 2,500 toys, related publications, material and kites from 6 continents and 33 countries. It is the first of its kind in Turkey and one of the 18 kite museums in Europe.
In the museum, students can make their own kites in the Kite School and enjoy the first-ever kite library of the world, the Gülen Okumuş Kite Library.
- Chocolate Museum
Chocolate Museum in Esenyurt comes first in the to-do list of chocolate-craving kids for this semester.
The art-inspired museum exhibits Turkish-Islamic artworks, world art masterpieces, legendary characters, and chocolate waterfalls.
In the main hall, you will see a real-size chocolate house, Noah's Ark, and paintings that tell about the history of chocolate.
In the Istanbul Hall, you will see chocolate versions of Galata Tower, Blue Mosque and the Maiden Tower, July 15 Martyrs' Bridge and many other Istanbul landmarks.
In the Civilizations Hall, you will enjoy the Hittite, Ancient Greek, Byzantine, Ottoman ears and others that symbolizes the rich heritage of these civilizations in a pleasant chocolate journey to the past.
In the Artists Hall, chocolate statues and paintings of Pablo Picasso and other world-renowned artists such as Osman Hamdi Bey's "The Tortoise Trainer" are exhibited.
In the Great Turks Hall, chocolate statues of the most important historical figures such as Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Ataturk, and Osman Ghazi are displayed.
