An appointment-only reading room for students and researchers.
Free (by appointment)
The museum's research library holds a collection of 12,000 volumes on Anatolian material culture, ceramics, textiles, metalwork and manuscripts, together with the collection's photographic and conservation archive. The library is open to postgraduate students, academics and independent researchers.
What can you find?
- 12,000 books and 340 periodical collections
- Work inventory cards and conservation reports
- Past exhibition catalogues and the donor archive
- High-resolution images of works (with permission)
Working arrangements
To use the library you must book at least three days in advance. It is free; access to donor files requires a written research application. Photography is subject to permission and the museum must be credited in publications.
A short-stay visiting researcher programme is available; send us your research plan to apply.
For details and booking, use our appointments page or contact the education team at bilgi@omurhanmuze.org.tr; requests are answered within two working days.
Scope of service
- 12,000-volume library
- Works and conservation archive
- Free by appointment
- Visiting researcher programme
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