Bolu Museum is a museum in Bolu, Turkey. Bolu was a leading city of the Bithynia kingdom in antiquity.

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Bolu Museum

Bolu Müzesi
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Bolu Museum
Established	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Location	Kültür Kompleksi, Bolu, Turkey
Coordinates	40°43′59″N 31°36′25″E
Type	Archaeology, Ethnography
Collections	Neolithic, Bronze, Phyrgian, Urartu, Lydia, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman Empire
Collection size	1,678 archaeologic, 1,680 ethnographic, 11,350 coins[1]
Owner	Ministry of Culture and Tourism

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The museum is on Stadyum street of Bolu at 40°43′59″N 31°36′25″E. It is a two-storey building and a part of cultural complex in Bolu.

The museum was opened on 14 November 1981. It was damaged in 1999 Düzce earthquake. After a restoration period, it was reopened on 18 May 2006.

In the archaeology section, which is situated on the ground floor, the items from Neolithic, Bronze, Phyrgian, Urartu, Lydia, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine ages are exhibited. Some of these items are marble, glass, metallic and terra-cota articles. The sculptures of Asklepios, Hygeia, Telesphorus (from Seben Çeltikdere excavations) and Herakles (from Bolu), the bust of Hermes, stel of a gladiator are the most important items.^[2] There are 1,678 items in the archaeology section^[1]

In the ethnography section, which is situated on the upper floor, items from the Ottoman Empire age such as religious works, weapons, ornaments, clothes and metallic tools are exhibited. Embroidery from Mudurnu region is also exhibited in this section. In a part of the ethnographic section, a typical Bolu house life is portrayed.^[2] The number of items in this section is 1,680^[1]

There are also 15,900 coins from Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljukid, Ilkhanid and Ottoman ages.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021, a painted female head statue which was discovered in 1970s, has been determined to be the head of Artemis.^[3]

• Bolu Museum Bronze age Rhyton
• Bolu Museum Roman Stele of promise
• Bolu Museum Roman ornaments Diadem
• Bolu Museum Roman Asklepios statuette
• Bolu Museum Cult statue head
• Bolu Museum Antoinius Pius bust
• Bolu Museum Byzantine altar
• Bolu Museum Byzantine Standard
• Bolu Museum Ethnography part Kitchen
• Bolu Museum Ethnography part