Rahmi M. Koç Museum Instabul

Rahmi M. Koç Museum Instabul Rahmi M. Koç Museum Instabul

On exhibit in this gallery are rare examples of some of the vehicles that have played a key role in the development of road transportation since the beginning of the 19th century including horse carriages, hansom cabs, strollers, bicycles, motorcycles, agricultural vehicles, classic automobiles, automobile models, fire engines, and steam cars.

The Rahmi M. Koç Museum is a private industrial museum in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to the history of transport, industry and communications. Rahmi M. Koç, member of the wealthiest dynasty in Turkey and retired chairman (currently the honorary chairman) 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 northern shore of the Golden Horn and situated in two historical buildings connected to each other. It is open to public every day except Monday. The museum's general manager is Ertuğrul Duru. A sister museum, but smaller in size, the Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum opened its doors in Ankara in 2005, followed by a third Rahmi M. Koç Museum on Cunda Island in 2014.
The the museum's exhibits contains:
Road transport: Racing cars, sports cars (between 1953 and 1986), sedan/coupé 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 Horn
Marine: 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)),[1] Kısmet, Sadun Boro's sloop, he circumnavigated the globe with it as the first ever Turkish sailor
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),
b: 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, Strasbourg turret clock

Hasköy Caddesi, 5, Piri Paşa Mh, 34445 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Turkey

 

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