The Aşiyan Museum is located in the house where Tevfik Fikret lived between 1906-1915. It was bought by the Istanbul Municipality in 1940 from the poet's wife Nazime Fikret.

The Museum, which was the first literature museum in Turkey, opened in 1945 under the name of “Literature-ı Cedide (New Literature) Museum”. In 1961, the poet's body, which was in the family tomb in Eyüp, was transferred to the garden of his house according to his will, and the name of the museum was changed to "Aşiyan Museum". Tevfik Fikret gave the Persian name "nest, bird's nest" to his house, for which he personally oversaw the interior decoration.

The three floored wooden house and garden has a magnificent view of the Bosporus. In addition to the works belonging to Tevfik Fikret and his family, the Aşiyan Museum collection also includes separate sections where items, photographs, and books belonging to Abdülhak Hamid Tarhan, Poet Ms. Nigâr, and members of Edebiyat-ı Cedide are exhibited.