Several years ago, an interesting attraction appeared in Istanbul. The building of the Bristol Hotel was converted into the Pera Museum. This building in Victorian style was created back in 1893 by Achille Manousso. In the middle of the 20th century, only very wealthy people could afford to stay at this hotel.
Over time, the hotel's former glory faded into the shadows, and as a result of a major reconstruction, it became an 8-story museum, the upper 5 floors of which were occupied by exhibition halls. Their exhibitions change periodically: the walls of the Pera Museum are regularly adorned with paintings by Picasso, Rembrandt, Goya, and many other representatives of the art world.
The first two floors feature the museum's permanent exhibitions. You can visit the exhibition "Weights and Measures of Anatolia," consisting of scales, weights, and other measuring instruments from different eras. There is also a collection of paintings by Eastern masters and European Orientalist artists. The main value of this exhibition is Osman Hamdi Bey's painting "The Tortoise Trainer," which is the calling card of Turkey.
However, the existing exhibition is not the only direction of development for the Pera Museum. Recently, original master classes have often been held there, helping to reveal artistic abilities in almost any child visiting the museum.
