Located in Istanbul, this museum was founded in 2009 by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and proudly promotes itself as "the world's first full-panoramic museum". This place makes visitors relive the historical conquest of Istanbul and has become one of the most popular tourist attractions of the city.
1453 History Museum, is a panoramic work that recreates the conquest of Istanbul with various materials. It is located inside Topkapi Park. The museum was opened to visitors on January 31, 2009, and its design and project started in 2003. This museum, completed with a budget of 5 million dollars, also bears the title of Turkey's first panoramic museum. The person who initiated and coordinated the project is painter Hasim Vatandas. Panoramic painting works were started by 8 artists in 2005 and completed in 2008. The details on the walls of the painting were drawn based on the repair report of the walls of Hizir Bey who was the first mayor of Istanbul.
The panoramic picture made on a hemisphere with a diameter of 38 meters covers an area of 2,350 square meters. The ink in this area, which visitors can see accompanied by the takbirs of Mehmed the Conqueror's soldiers and the Mehter March has been durable for more than 100 years. It can be difficult to understand the actual size of the image because reference points are missing. However, this makes visitors feel like they have entered a closed space and offers a 3D outdoor experience.