The Melvana Museum is easily identified by its fluted, turquoise tiles.
People can enter the museum wearing their shoes, but have to put protective bags over their shoes. Sorry but no pictures allowed in the museum.
From the Lonely Planet: Melvana (means Our Guide), previously Celaleddin Rumi the Suljuk Sultanate of Rum, was a mystic philosopher. He was born in 1207 in Balkh (Afghanistan). He wrote poetry and religious writings, mostly in Persian. Those following Melvana are known as dervishes. The Mevlevi worship ceremony is a ritual dance representing union with God. Dervishes dress in long white robes with full skirts that represent their shrouds. Their voluminous black cloaks symbolize their wordly tombs, their conical felt hats their tombstones.
Muslims wash their hands and feet before entering mosques.
Tombs in the courtyard.
The Melvana Museum is easily identified by its fluted, turquoise tiles. 
Within the museum grounds is a courtyard with several tombs. 
People can enter the museum wearing their shoes, but have to put protective bags over their shoes. Sorry but no pictures allowed in the museum.
From the Lonely Planet: Melvana (means Our Guide), previously Celaleddin Rumi the Suljuk Sultanate of Rum, was a mystic philosopher. He was born in 1207 in Balkh (Afghanistan). He wrote poetry and religious writings, mostly in Persian. Those following Melvana are known as dervishes. The Mevlevi worship ceremony is a ritual dance representing union with God. Dervishes dress in long white robes with full skirts that represent their shrouds. Their voluminous black cloaks symbolize their wordly tombs, their conical felt hats their tombstones.
Muslims wash their hands and feet before entering mosques.
Tombs in the courtyard. 
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