Museum Of History Of Science And Technology In Islam
Working replicas of the giant elephant water clock and castle clock of the famous muslim engineer al jazari are displayed in this cluster.
Museum of history of science and technology in islam. The istanbul museum of the history of science and technology in islam in turkish. The istanbul islamic science and technology museum in gülhane park is open every day between 09 00 16 00 hours. Istanbul islam bilim ve teknoloji tarihi müzesi opened in late may 2008 this is in gülhane park in the former stables of topkapi palace.
Istanbul museum of the history of science and technology in islam turkish. The mission of the museum is to create a world class facility for teaching and learning about islamic contributions to science and technology. Was opened in 2008 with a concept prepared by prof.
The museum consists of 12 sections including astronomy clocks and marine war technology medicine mining physics maths and geometry architecture and city planning chemistry and optics. Science and technology in medieval islam technology the dry and arid environment of arab lands meant that it was important to develop technologies especially for water and agriculture. Islamic engineering included reservoirs aqueducts water wheels and elaborate systems for irrigation.
Istanbul islam bilim ve teknoloji tarihi müzesi is located in the former imperial stables building in gülhane park the museum was opened on 25 may 2008 and displays replicas of 9th and 16th century scientific instruments of muslim scholars. Fuat sezgin an islamic science historian. The museum has technological and scientific works by islamic scholars and is run by the ministry of culture and tourism the scientific and technological.
The vision of the museum is to showcase the concept of the ancient houses of wisdom on whose legacy the king abdullah university of science and technology is based. The museum was officially opened in a celebration on may 24 2008. The museum has a remarkable collection of early islamic instruments relating to astronomy and mathematical measurement.
The cost of the visit is 10 tl. In this session students explore the scientific achievements of early islamic cultures. The history of islamic science and technology.
New knowledge of plants and natural history. Welcome to the unofficial website of the museum for the history of science and technology in islam islam bilim ve teknoloji tarihi müzesi ibttm. Thus museum proofs the history of science being a whole with a complete objectivity by being away from feelings and prejudices.
This website is being developed by a group of friends of the museum. A license has been issued to the museum of history of science and technology in islam at imam muhammad bin saud islamic university in riyadh to become the first specialized museum in the history of science and technology in islam in the kingdom reported the saudi press agency on monday.
