Mon–Sat · 09:30–18:00Closed this week (14–19 July) · reopening Monday 20 Julyİslambey 55B · Eyüp Sultan
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Eyüp Toys Museum

The room above the shop.

N° 04 · Eyüp Toys MuseumThe museum of a 500-year tradition, on the floor above the shop. Please book your visit by phone.

Museum interiorAbove the shop
Visiting

On the same street, above the shop.

The Eyüp Toys Museum is a comprehensive museum of Eyüp toy-making, a tradition that has reached our day across five hundred years, and it sits on the floor above the Traditional Eyüp Toymaker. Thirty kinds of toys, genuine-leather Hacivat and Karagöz figures, the archive and the library are all here.

Please reserve museum tours and toy workshops by phone.

Address
İslambey Cd. 55B · Eyüp Sultan, Istanbul
Open
Mon — Sat · 09:30–18:00 · closed Sundays
Visits
By phone reservation
Tel
+90 543 725 72 44
Getting here
Parking available · buses 33ES, 55, 55ET, 55EY, 55T, 99A
Book a visit

Getting here

Tram

T5 tram line to the Eyüpsultan stop — we are a short walk away.

Ferry

Şehir Hatları Golden Horn (Haliç) line to Eyüpsultan pier, then walk toward Eyüp Sultan Mosque.

Bus

City buses: 33ES, 55, 55ET, 55EY, 55T, 99A.

Cable car

The TF2 Eyüp–Piyerloti cable car is nearby — pair a Pierre Loti hill visit with the museum.

By car

Parking is available. Open in Google Maps →

On foot

We are on İslambey Caddesi, a short walk from Eyüp Sultan Mosque and the market quarter.

Inside the museum

Six stops
N° 01

Thirty toys

Thirty kinds of Traditional Eyüp Toys, all in one place.

N° 02

Hasan Efendi

In memory of the first masters: a kitre-doll figure and the story of Hasan Efendi, regarded as the founder of the tradition.

N° 03

Hacivat & Karagöz

Genuine-leather Hacivat and Karagöz shadow figures and their original screen.

N° 04

Archive

Archive photographs and newspaper clippings of Eyüp toy-making.

N° 05

Library

Books, magazines and periodicals on Eyüp toy-making.

N° 06

Museum shop

A section where you can buy Traditional Eyüp Toys and gifts.

What visitors say.

A heart-warming place that absolutely must be visited — every child should experience it.
Öznur K.Museum visitor · June 2022 · Instagram
A lovely place — the museum, the workshops, and the warm, friendly welcome. I recommend it to anyone looking for a great activity with their child; and not just children — adults should come, see and learn too.
Özer K.Family visit · 2022 · Google review
We were there just yesterday; Şennur Hanım is so attentive and warm. We left very pleased — and most importantly, the children left very happy.
Aysel K.Returning visitor · April 2026 · Instagram

Real visitor comments from our Instagram posts and Google reviews, translated from Turkish.