Bolu Museum

To ensure the preservation and exhibition of artifacts belonging to Bolu and its surroundings, the Bolu Museum Office was established in 1975. Initially operating inside the former Fine Arts Gallery building, the Museum Office was moved to the Bolu Cultural Center in 1976. It was upgraded to a Museum Directorate in 1977, and following display–arrangement works, it was officially opened to visitors on 14 November 1981.

Archaeology Hall

In the Archaeology Hall, visitors can view coins from Greek city-states and kingdoms, coins belonging to Roman and Byzantine emperors, as well as Islamic coins from the Umayyad, Artuqid, Seljuk, Ilkhanid, and Ottoman periods.
The museum garden features Roman-period sarcophagi, grave steles, statue bases, columns, column bases, column capitals, friezes, architraves, and other architectural fragments. Additionally, there are Byzantine baptismal fonts and architectural pieces, along with Ottoman gravestones bearing inscriptions.

Archaeological findings indicate that the first settlements in Bolu date back to the Chalcolithic Period (5500–3000 BC). Throughout history, the region came under the rule of the Phrygians, Lydians, Persians, the Kingdom of Bithynia, the Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.

Museum Sections

Opened to visitors in 1981, the museum consists of two main sections:
• Archaeology Hall
• Ethnography Hall

Highlights of the Archaeology Hall

The collection includes marble, glass, metal, and terracotta artifacts from the Neolithic, Early Bronze Age, Phrygian, Urartian, Lydian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Notable exhibits include:

• Heracles Statue (Roman Period)
• Female Head Sculpture
• Bust of Hermes
• Nymph Statue
• Gladiator Grave Stele
• A brick tomb from the Roman Period uncovered during a rescue excavation, displayed along with the skeleton and burial gifts.