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Victoria and Albert Museum

The venue: Victoria and Albert Museum

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Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires

Victoria and Albert Museum · London, United Kingdom · 7 Nov 2026 to 9 May 2027

Opening soonConfirmed , 7 weeks agoFrom the museum's own page

A UK-first exhibition on 1,600 years of art from the city under the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, showing over 200 objects including loans from Turkish, Greek, Italian and British institutions.

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