Selimiye Foundation Museum

Edirne


This museum is housed in a handsome building in the Selimye Mosque's külliye (mosque complex; in a medrese in the southeastern corner of the courtyard). It showcases a collection of art and artefacts drawn from mosques and religious buildings in and around Edirne.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Edirne attractions

1. Edirne Turkish & Islamic Art Museum

0.07 MILES

The small rooms of the elegant darül Hadis (Hadith school) in the northeastern corner of the Selimiye Mosque's courtyard house an eclectic collection of…

2. Selimiye Mosque

0.07 MILES

Designed by Ottoman architect Mimar Koca Sinan (1497–1588), whose best-known works adorn İstanbul's skyline, this exquisite World Heritage–listed mosque…

3. Janissary Gravestones

0.1 MILES

On the northeastern edge of the Selimiye Mosque, this cemetery includes the final resting place of many janissaries (an elite infantry unit in Ottoman…

4. Edirne Archaeology & Ethnography Museum

0.12 MILES

This museum has two sections: one archaeological and the other ethnographic. Archaeological highlights include Thracian funerary steles featuring horsemen…

6. Old Mosque

0.18 MILES

Though not as prominent on Edirne's skyline as the Selimiye and Üç Şerefeli mosques, the Eski (Old) Mosque is an important landmark in the city and has a…

7. Üç Şerefeli Mosque

0.31 MILES

Edirne's merkez (town centre) is visually dominated by this mosque, which was built by order of Sultan Murat II between 1437 and 1447 and has four…

8. Kırkpınar Evi

0.43 MILES

A dusty shrine to the sport of oil wrestling, the museum in this 19th-century timber house features press clippings, photographs and a few naff mannequins…