The Museum of Innocence

This is a museum born out of a novel, a real-life version of Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence, which opened in 2012. The museum has four floors and is located in an alley, the location is not easy to find. Highlights The top floor of the museum is completely decorated according to the life of the hero in the book, and you can also see the handwritten manuscript of Pamuk's novel and the design draft of the museum. In this museum full of old objects, you can also see images, photos and sound materials that evoke memories of old Istanbul. The background story "The Museum of Innocence" is about an infatuated man who collects all the objects his sweetheart has touched, including salt shakers, puppy decorations, thimbles, pens, hair cards, ashtrays, earrings, playing cards, keys, fans, perfume bottles , handkerchiefs, brooches, etc., and even 4213 cigarette butts. The protagonist completed 1743 museums in 15 years and created the "Museum of Innocence", and all the objects were regarded as the collection of this love museum to commemorate his eternally lost love. This novel is called a very personal one by the author himself, and when he was writing it, he was planning to build a museum of innocence in the true sense related to the content of this book. The museum is divided into 83 areas according to the 83 chapters in the book, and Pamuk is not only the founder and curator of the Museum of Innocence, but also a provider of exhibits.