Museum of Ottoman House
The Museum of Ottoman House is a historic house museum in Bursa, Turkey.
The museum is at in Osmangazi district of Bursa to the west of Muradiye Complex.
The building dates back to the 17th century. Before its construction there was probably a mansion of the Ottoman sultan Murat II where his son Mehmet II was born. The building was opened in 1958 as a house museum. In 1973 and 1992 it underwent restoration.
The wooden house is a two story building with a basement. Entrance to the basement is at north and to the ground floor is at west. In the ground floor, there are a wide hall with two symmetrical rooms in each side. In the upper floor, there are a harem room, a dining room and a guest room.
The two tombac candelabras stolen from Bursa Ottoman House were put up for sale in an auction in Sotheby’s in 1989. But they returned home in 1991.
