Hagia Sophia History and Experience Museum — Attraction in Fatih

Original interactive museum. However 2 things I didn't like. very very expensive ticket, 35€ even interactive museums in Paris are half this price for 1h30 min of cinematic scenes. the scenes/rooms are way too short, I didn't have time to admire the beauty of what was shown to me, when we know that the Byzantine mosaiics are not visible in Hagia Sofia, it's a shame to get 5 sec only to see them. Globally speaking I really dislike the fact I was rushed between each room, even the room with all the Turkish governors was so short that I didn't have time to read half of the info linked to the portraits, before the scene was over.

I had the occasion to talk with two Australian tourists after the visit and they told me...

It was an interesting exhibition, but it only lasted maybe 20-30 minutes for 40 or so dollars per ticket.

I’d have expected a lot more detailed history, information, and artifacts for the price.

In addition, if you visit their cafe in the same building you cannot use the museums bathroom as well.

The whole museum complex is very interesting, and ambitious, but it needs more information and coordination before it’s worth the high cost.

I also don’t know why it’s located directly across from the blue mosque, but it’s the Hagia Sophia museum… it would make more sense located near/at the Hagia Sophia.

It’s overall enjoyable, but the experience is worth 5-10...

An Amazing virtual journey. A uniq chance to experience all the history of the formation of this majestic heritage - Hagia Sophia It tells the history of Hagia Sophia for about 1700 years. The Roman Empire period is explained on the third floor of the museum and the Ottoman period is explained on the second floor with an inclusive auditory and visual equipment On the first floor, it is organized into four sections, where a very important part of the artefacts presented for the first time are displayed: the Church, the Mosque, the Museum and the re-Mosque. From the windows on the ground floor of the building, the cistern belonging to the Eastern Roman period...