Offline Reading Gathering from Pera Museum and The Offline Club

Pera Museum, in collaboration with The Offline Club Istanbul, is organizing a free "Offline Reading Gathering" on November 19, 2026. Taking place in the Encounters: The Ottoman Empire and Europe exhibition hall on the second floor of the museum, participants will read books for an hour accompanied by live acoustic guitar and then chat about the books.

Pera Museum is bringing to life a free event together with the Istanbul community of the international movement The Offline Club, which provides space for people to take a break from screens and reconnect with themselves. The gathering, which will take place on Thursday, November 19, 2026, at 19:00, will be held in the hall of the Encounters: The Ottoman Empire and Europe collection exhibition located on the second floor of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Pera Museum.

Participants who want to take a break from the screen-surrounded flow of daily life will spend an hour among works of art where they can focus on the books they brought with them. During this time, a live acoustic guitar performance will accompany the reading, and the museum's exhibition hall will transform into a shared reading area.

Following the reading session, participants will have the opportunity to meet through book-themed conversation cards, talk about the works they read, and share their thoughts with one another.