![]() ![]() According to the museum website, the collection, which includes more than a thousand objects, presents what the novel’s characters "used, wore, heard, saw, collected and dreamed of, all meticulously arranged in boxes and display cabinets." ![]() The novel details the story of Kemal, a wealthy Istanbulite who falls in love with his poorer cousin, Füsun, and the museum displays the artefacts of their love story. The narrative and the museum offer a glimpse into upper-class Istanbul life from the 1970s to the early 2000s. On, the museum was announced as the winner of the 2014 European Museum of the Year Award. The museum and the novel were created in tandem, centred on the stories of two Istanbul families. The Museum of Innocence ( Turkish: Masumiyet Müzesi) is a museum in a 19th-century house in Istanbul ( Çukurcuma) created by novelist Orhan Pamuk as a companion to his novel The Museum of Innocence. A view of The Museum of Innocence from Çukurcuma Caddesi, Istanbul. ![]()
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