Museum Recommendations for Exploring Table Culture

Museums to Visit in Turkey

Sadberk Hanım Museum (Istanbul)

As Turkey’s first private museum, Sadberk Hanım Museum houses unique collections of Ottoman and European porcelain, silverware, and traditional dining culture artifacts. 

https://www.sadberkhanimmuzesi.org.tr

Pera Museum (Istanbul)

This museum showcases the intersections of Ottoman and European art, standing out with its Orientalist works and Kütahya tile collections.

https://www.peramuzesi.org.tr

Topkapı Palace Museum (Istanbul)

Visitors can see Ottoman palace tableware, silver and gold-embellished plates, as well as world-famous collections of Chinese and European porcelain.

https://muze.gen.tr/muze-detay/topkapi

Rahmi M. Koç Museum (Istanbul, Ankara)

This museum, which focuses on industrial design and historical everyday objects, is particularly fascinating for collectors interested in 19th and 20th-century kitchen and dining utensils.

https://www.rmk-museum.org.tr

Museums to Visit in Europe

Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK)

One of Europe’s largest decorative arts museums, the V&A is renowned for its collections of craftsmanship and table culture. It features magnificent exhibitions on porcelain, crystal, and silverwork.

https://www.vam.ac.uk

Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris, France)

A part of the Louvre Museum, this museum displays Europe’s finest dining and table accessories from the 17th century to the present, with a special focus on French porcelain, bronze, and silver artifacts.

https://madparis.fr

Porzellanikon (Selb, Germany)

As one of Europe’s most significant porcelain museums, Porzellanikon showcases porcelain dinnerware and crystal collections from 18th- and 19th-century Europe.

https://www.porzellanikon.org

Dresden Porcelain Collection (Dresden, Germany)

Home to an exquisite collection of 18th-century tableware and decorative arts, with a special emphasis on Meissen porcelain.

https://royalporcelaincollection.skd.museum/home