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Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation Pera Museum has been named Best Museum at the 2nd Art and Culture Awards, organized to honor institutions and artists working in culture and the arts.
The award was presented at a ceremony held at Otag-i Humayun at Yildiz Technical University, where the museum was recognized for a program that brings together temporary exhibitions, collection displays, academic work and public events.
According to the museum's statement, Pera Museum is currently carrying on with a wide-ranging exhibition program that links painting, ceramics, diplomacy and museum history.
Its newest temporary exhibition, "On the Waterfront: The Life and Art of Halil Pasa," takes up the life and work of Halil Pasa, one of the important names in Turkish painting during the transition from the Ottoman era to the Republic, and sets out to show how his personal life and artistic production tied in with each other.
Alongside that show, the museum's collection exhibitions continue to open up different parts of Anatolia's cultural past. "The Art of Weights and Measures" traces four thousand years of social and economic history in Anatolia through the ideas of weight and measurement, while Extraordinary Minas: The Story of Inspiration and Innovation in "Kutahya Tiles and Ceramics" focuses on the works of master artisan Minas Avramidis and follows how traditional tile craftsmanship was transformed through his approach.
The museum also brings visitors into contact with Intersecting Worlds: Ambassadors and Painters and Osman Hamdi Bey, two collection exhibitions that round out the institution's current program.
Together, these exhibitions draw on the museum's different collections and build up a layered narrative, moving from Ottoman-European diplomatic relations to art's role in cultural dialogue, and from finely made ceramics to the artistic and museological legacy of Osman Hamdi Bey. In this way, the museum sets out a program that ties distinct themes together under one roof.
The statement said Pera Museum remains one of the key pillars of the Suna and Inan Kirac Foundation's long-running contribution to culture and the arts. Along with exhibitions that have drawn attention at national and international level, the museum has continued to strengthen its place in cultural life through its collections, academic studies and public programming.
Pera Museum is open from Tuesday to Saturday between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., and on Sundays from noon to 6 p.m.
The museum also sets aside two free-entry periods. On Fridays, under the Long Friday program, all visitors can enter free of charge between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. On Wednesdays, under Young Wednesday, all students can visit free of charge.
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