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.
- The Museum For The History of Science and Technology in Islam
The Museum, located in the Gulhane Park over a 3,500-square-meter along the old palace wall and on former royal stables of the Ottoman sultan, uniquely offers visitors to see the evolution of the different scientific branches in the Islamic civilization.
The presentation of objects from astronomy, geography, maritime, time measurement, geometry, optics, medicine, chemistry, mineralogy, physics, technics, architecture, and military, shows how significant discoveries were made and were transmitted in different ways to Europe, where they were adopted, assimilated, and altered.
It is also the first museum in its field in Turkey with a total of 570 tools, device replicas, model collection.
- Madame Tussauds
Millions of people have flocked Madame Tussauds wax museums around the world and the Istanbul branch remains just as popular with more than 60 wax statues of contemporary and historical celebrities.
The museum exhibits a vast range of wax statues from Ataturk, Sinan The Architect (Mimar Sinan), and Mehmet The Conqueror (Fatih Sultan Mehmet) in the historical figures section; Zeki Muren, Madonna, Beyonce, Mazhar-Fuat-Ozkan and Baris Manco in the music section; Mona Lisa, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci in the science and culture, and Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal and many others in the sport section.
- Holiday for nature and wildlife lovers
Another exhilarating semester holiday spot for the kids is to connect with nature and wildlife.
