1. DEPARTMENT OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University Hosting institution

2. Istanbul at the crossroads of cultures, trade, science and technical knowledge

3. The venue: Istanbul University’s Congress and Culture Center at the Main Campus The Main Campus lies within the proximity of major museums such as Topkapı Palace Museum, Chora Museum, Hagia Sophia, Pantokrator church and monastery, Turkish and Islamic Art Museum, Archeological Museum, and Grand Bazaar. ← Istanbul University

4. Kandilli Observatory Collection

5. Rahmi M. Koç Industrial Museum

6. Collections The Anatolian weights and measures Kütahya tiles and ceramics Oriental painting Old Istanbul photographs PERA MUSEUM

7. The Naval Museum, Istanbul

8. Museum for the History of Pharmacy Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy

9. Istanbul Museum for the History of Science and Technology in Islam Replicas of scientific instruments and models of Islamic scientific institutions

10. Exhibition of manuscripts on scientific instruments kept in Istanbul University Library Astronomical instruments of Taqi-al-din’s observatory (Istanbul) in Lokman b. Hüseyin’s, Şehinşahname, dated 1581, FY 1404. Alchemical instruments in Ömer b. Sinan el-İzniki,’s Şifa el-müminin dated 1695, TY 7083

11. City tours and excursions around Istanbul will be organised. The social program: The Gala Dinner will be served on a boat cruise on the Bosphorus.

12. Members of the Department of the History of Science, Istanbul University hope to welcome you in 2016 ! The local team: