Tour of the Islamic Science Museum

I was worried about dragging Jon all over God's green earth to look at places of interest for Islamic art. He has been a real champ going to mosque after mosque (his first was in Konya! what a place to go to your first mosque) but I do realize that the majority of the world's population has only so much patience for endless minarets and Iznik tiles. So, I thought he would like going on a tour of the new museum of Islamic science, which is part of the Archaeological museum I think.  The tour was led by John Freely, a professor of physics at Bogazici but author to several books about Ottoman and Byzantine history. I just finished his book on Istanbul and I was excited to meet him. Jon liked the tour well enough, especially the section on medicine. The picture I took is of Freely in front of the Column of the Goth's, which is this random column stuck behind the Topkapi Saray in this cute little park that I don't think many tourists know about and has a great view of the Bosphorus. It has an inscription in Latin characters but it is really hard to read.