Iznik Museum

Located in western Turkey's Bursa province, İznik Museum has been closed for eight years due to restoration work but is now set to reopen with a new name, the Turkish Islamic Works Museum, and sign after the coronavirus outbreak ends.

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality Tourism Commission head Halil Çakır and İznik Mayor Kağan Mehmet Usta examined the restoration work on the ground, saying: “As a result of consultation with the Minister of Culture and Tourism and the General Director of Cultural Assets and Museums, the restoration work started in our museum. Our Museum of Islamic Arts will be inaugurated during the month of Ramadan. Construction of our new archaeological museum will begin soon.”

Deputy Zafer Işık also said no date has been set for the inauguration yet, noting that restoration work at the museum will be completed in the coming months. Indicating that it has been forbidden to enter museums and other places of this kind as part of the measures taken due to the coronavirus outbreak that has overwhelmed the world, Işık stated: “We cannot set a schedule for the inauguration right now. After the end of the virus threat in our country, the museum will open to visitors.”