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Türkiye’s National Palaces Administration will bring together leading museum directors and heritage experts from around the world at the international symposium “The Century of National Palaces,” to be held Nov. 24–26 across Dolmabahce, Topkapi and Yildiz palaces.
Marking its 100th year, the administration said 109 senior representatives from 27 countries will join the event, where 95 papers will be presented.
The symposium aims to highlight Türkiye’s palace heritage and its scientific, cultural and international significance.
Sessions at Topkapi Palace will be held inside the Darphane-i Amire complex, which will open to the public for the first time.
Directors and presidents from major institutions, including Versailles, Fontainebleau, the Prussian Palaces Foundation, the Royal Collection Trust, Uffizi Galleries, the Palace Museum in Beijing and others, will participate.
Representatives from ICOM, ICCROM and ICOMOS will also attend.
The first day at Dolmabahce will address the National Palaces’ 100-year institutional journey, recent structural reforms and global examples of palaces transformed into museums.
At Topkapi, discussions will focus on conservation, exhibition policies, archival research on Ottoman heritage, new museum projects and contemporary design approaches.
The final day at Yildiz Palace will compare international palace management models, visitor strategies, educational programs and historical landscape traditions.
The symposium will explore collection and archive management, sustainability and risk planning, the impact of climate change on cultural heritage, and opportunities for new international cooperation among palace museums.
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