iA private museum run by Sabancı University in the Emirgan mansion, opened in 2002. Its collections cover Ottoman calligraphy and the art of the book, and Turkish painting, including Osman Hamdi Bey. A modern gallery annex hosts large temporary exhibitions.
The museum's collection of Ottoman calligraphy, illuminated manuscripts and documents, displayed in the historic Emirgan mansion.
The museum's standing collection of Turkish paintings, shown in Gallery -1, including Osman Hamdi Bey's Hodja Reading the Koran.
Practice sheets and scribbled exercises by Ottoman calligraphers of the 16th to 20th centuries, including Ahmed Karahisarî and Hafız Osman.