Çini Museum

A domed and a fountain opens to the middle space, and two rooms with a domed iwan in three directions. In the tomb part II. There is a tiled sarcophagus of Yakup Bey. In the showcases of the museum, tile architectural elements produced in Kütahya and Iznik from the 14th century to the present, tile inscriptions, tile vases, plates, panels and household appliances made of tiles are exhibited in chronological order. At the entrance, the last Germiyan ruler II. There is the world's second largest stone inscription written in Ottoman Turkish belonging to Yakup Çelebi. In the museum, also known as the “Gök Şadırvan”, it is possible to examine the texts of the First Collective Bargaining Agreement in history, which was signed in 1766 between the masters of the cup and the journeymen.

A museum that you can visit without taking much of your time, where beautiful works of Kütahya's soul are exhibited.

Tile Museum is the first and only tile museum in Turkey. Germiyan Bey II. The soup kitchen and tomb section of the kulliye, which was built by Yakup Çelebi (1387-1429) in 1411, consisted of a soup kitchen, a madrasa, a small mosque, a library and a Turkish bath, was restored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as a tile museum and opened to visitors in 1999. A domed and a fountain opens to the middle space, and two rooms with a domed iwan in three directions. In the tomb section II. Yakup Bey has a tiled sarcophagus. The foundation inscription of the destroyed Madrasa is located to the left of the museum's entrance door. In the showcases of the museum, tile architectural elements produced in Kütahya and Iznik from the 14th century to the present, tile inscriptions, tile vases, plates, panels and household appliances made of tiles are exhibited in chronological order. At the entrance of the museum, the last Germiyan ruler II. There is the world's second largest stone inscription written in Ottoman Turkish belonging to Yakup Çelebi. It is possible to see the texts of the "First Collective Bargaining Agreement" in the date that was signed between the cup makers and journeymen on July 13, 1766, in the museum, also known as the "Gök Şadırvan". Finally, the visit to the Tile Museum is free.

Germiyan Bey II. This building, which is the soup kitchen of Yakub Bey (1387-1429) Kulliye, was restored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and opened to visitors on March 5, 1999 as the Tile Museum. In the tomb section II. Yakub Bey has a tiled sarcophagus. The foundation inscription of the complex is located to the left of the entrance door. In the showcases in the museum, there are tile works from the 14th century to the examples made today.

Existing works are usually donated by private collections or businesses. They are all very beautiful, but I was disappointed because I thought I would see earlier works. .