Παρασκευή 17 Ιουνίου 2011

The Rahmi M. Koç Museum

The Rahmi M. Koç Museum is a private industrial museum in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to history of transport, industry and communications. Rahmi M. Koç, member of the wealthiest dynasty in Turkey and retired boss of the Koç Group, founded the museum in 1991, which was opened on December 13, 1994. The museum is located in the suburb of Hasköy on the north shore of the Golden Horn and situated in two historical buildings connected to each other. It is open to public every day except Monday.

A sister museum, but smaller in size, the Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum opened its doors to the residents of Ankara in 2005

Most of the items exhibited in the museum are selected from Rahmi Koç's private collection. Other objects are either borrowed from or donated by various organizations and individuals. Original machines and their replicas, scientific and mechanical items make up the basis of the museum's exhibits.

Road transport: Racing cars, sports cars (between 1953 and 1986), salon/coupe and convertible cars (1898–1994), utility vehicles (1911–1963), commercial vehicles (1908–2002), motorcycles (1908–2003),

Rail transport: Old Istanbul tram (1934), Sultan’s carriage (1867), steam engine locomotive (1913), narrow-gauge steam locomotive (1930), Istanbul Tünel carriage (1876), Henschel steam locomotive (1918),

TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) moored before the museum at the Golden HornMarine: Cargo vessel, motorboat, lifeboat (1951), Bosphorus passenger ferryboat, outboard motor collection, amphibious car (1961), submarine (1944): TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) (former USS Thornback (SS-418)

Aviation: Aircraft (1941–1979), aviation parts collection, aircraft engines (1928–1979), large and small-scale aircraft models,
Engineering: Ferry boat steam engine (1911), olive oil factory, portable stationary steam engine (1872), gas engine, wood saw, marine compound steam engine (1900),

Communications: Rotary dial telephone (1920), phonograph (1903), Thomas Edison telegraph patent model (1876), valve amplifier (1936), zoetrope (1835),

Scientific instruments: Wimshurst machine, grand orrery, marine chronometer, Strassbourg turret clock,

Models and toys: Hands-on: Cutaway car, aero plane, scientific experiments and cutaway domestic goods.
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Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi Türkiye'de Ulaşım, Endüstri ve İletişim tarihine adanmış ilk önemli müzedir. Haliç'in kıyısında, endüstriyel arkeolojinin önde gelen örneklerinden olan muhteşem binalar içinde yer alan koleksiyonu gramofon iğnesinden gerçek boyutlarda gemilere ve uçaklara kadar uzanan binlerce objeyi içermektedir.

Müze, konumu, bulunduğu tarihi mekan ve İstanbul'un her iki yakasına da yakın oluşuyla oldukça iddialıdır. Müzenin dünya çapındaki beğenisi, bünyesindeki yetenekli mühendisler ve zanaatkarlar tarafından yaratılmış, insanoğlunun dehasını ve çalışkanlığını yansıtan objelerden kaynaklanmaktadır.

Müzemiz her yıl onlarca, binlerce yetişkin ve öğrenciyi eğiterek, bilgi vererek eğlendirmiştir. Lütfen Web sitemizi keşfe çıkarak sergilenen objelerin tadına varın… ama en iyisi siz bizi en yakın zamanda ziyarete gelin!

http://www.rmk-museum.org.tr/turkce/index.htm

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