Kandilli Earthquake Museum

Kandilli Earthquake Museum
Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü Müzesi
Location of Kandilli Earthquake Museum in Istanbul, Turkey
Established June 21, 2006 (2006-06-21)
Location Kandilli, Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates 41°03′50″N 29°03′36″E / 41.06383°N 29.05991°E / 41.06383; 29.05991Coordinates: 41°03′50″N 29°03′36″E / 41.06383°N 29.05991°E / 41.06383; 29.05991
Type Science and technology
Owner Boğaziçi University

Kandilli Earthquake Museum, or more formally Museum of Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institut (Turkish: Kandilli Rasathanesi ve Deprem Araştırma Enstitüsü Müzesi), is a museum devoted mainly to seismology and earthquake science in Turkey. It is situated within the campus of Kandilli Observatory in Kandilli neighborhood of Üsküdar district in Istanbul.

Owned by the Boğaziçi University, the museum was opened on June 21, 2006 and is housed in a renovated building, which was constructed in 1934 as a laboratory for seismography. In the museum, various scientific instruments are on exhibition that were used in astronomical and geoscientific works. There are also old books on display that are hand-written in Turkish, Arabic and Persian language about astronomy, astrology, mathematics and geography.[1]

References

  1. "Kandilli Deprem Müzesi açıldı". Haber 3 (in Turkish). 2006-06-21. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
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