Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul

Adam Mickiewicz Museum (Polish: Muzeum Adama Mickiewicza, Turkish: Adam Mickiewicz Müzesi) is a historic house museum dedicated to the life of Adam Mickiewicz, renowned Polish poet. It is located in the district of Beyoğlu, on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey.

Adam Mickiewicz Museum
Plaque at Adam Mickiewicz Museum

Established	1955
Location	Dolapdere, 23 Tatlı Badem Str., Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Coordinates	41.038777°N 28.977100°E / 41.038777; 28.977100
Type	Biographical
Website	Official website

It is located in a house where Adam Mickiewicz lived and died. Mickiewicz came to Turkey in September 1855 to help organize Polish forces under the Ottoman Army. He befriended Michał Czajkowski (Sadık Paşa) who commanded the Polish forces there. Mickiewicz died from illness on 26 November 1855.

The house was renovated after a fire in 1870. The museum was opened in 1955 with the help of the Museum of Literature in Warsaw. The crypt where Mickiewicz was temporarily buried for the period of one month is located in the basement.

The museum houses some manuscripts of Adam Mickiewicz, historical documents and paintings.

References

Adam Mickiewicz Museum at General Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Istanbul website

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Adam Mickiewicz
Poems	"Ode to Youth" (1820) Dziady (1822) "Grażyna" (1823) "Sonnets from the Crimea" (1826) Konrad Wallenrod (1828) Pan Tadeusz (1834)
Family	Celina Szymanowska Maria Szymanowska
Related	Three Bards
Commemoration	Mickiewicz's Legion Mickiewicz Battalion Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Paris Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature, Warsaw Adam Mickiewicz Institute Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Adam Mickiewicz Library and Dramatic Circle

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Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul

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