Exhibition Tour and Workshop for Nursing Homes

Pera Adult

Nursing home residents who take a guided tour of Souvenirs of the Future acquire information about selected works on display. The tour, specially designed for dementia and Alzheimer patients as a cognitively stimulating activity, allows participants to explore art with pleasure and interest. In the workshop, which can take place either face-to-face or online, participants create objects from clay based on their own memories.

Related Exhibition: Souvenirs of the Future
Duration: 40 minutes (online) / 90 minutes (face-to-face)
For detailed information and reservation: ogrenme@peramuzesi.org.tr

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Wondrous Cures in Constantinople

Wondrous Cures in Constantinople

The shrines that created the glory of Constantinople through their lavish beauty were also repositories of precious relics and thus sources of healing. 

Demons, Symbols, and the Cosmos

Demons, Symbols, and the Cosmos

Beliefs surrounding illness and healing in Byzantium stem from the myths, astrology, and magic practiced around the Mediterranean by Jews, Egyptians, Mesopotamians, and Greeks.

Serpent Head

Serpent Head

The Greek god Apollo and his son Asklepios presided over the realm of medicine and healing. Apollo was also the god of light and sun, whose solar symbolism and association with medicine would become linked to Christ the Physician, and the resurrected.