Amasra Museum

3,000 Years Made Tangible

Amasra Museum is the place where the city’s 3,000-year history becomes tangible. Bringing together artefacts left by five major civilisations spanning the Hellenistic period to the Ottoman era, the museum is considered one of Turkey’s small yet well-organised archaeological museums.

The current building has an intriguing history of its own: in 1884 the Bolu governorship launched construction of a Naval School (Bahriye Mektebi), but the project was never completed. The Ministry of Culture purchased the unfinished structure in 1975, restored it, and opened it as a museum on 30 January 1982.

Collection: 4 Exhibition Halls

Archaeology Hall No. 1

Small artefacts from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods: gold, silver and bronze coins, tear bottles (lacrimals), bronze figurines, amphorae and jugs, fishing hooks, oil lamps, crosses and weapons. This hall most clearly reflects Amasra’s identity as an ancient harbour city.

Archaeology Hall No. 2

Marble artefacts ranging from the Hellenistic to the Genoese period: full-length statues, sculpted heads, relief architectural fragments and funerary steles. Roman-period portrait busts are particularly noteworthy.

Ethnography Hall No. 1

Ottoman-period copper kitchenware, weapons, writing implements, candlesticks, seals, scales and ceramics. The hall also presents objects illustrating the Amasra woodturning craft (çekicilik), a traditional handicraft practised in the region for centuries.

Ethnography Hall No. 2

Regional Ottoman garments, hand-written Qur’ans, silver ornaments, pouches, wall clocks, and traditional bedding and pillows.

Stone Garden

Large-scale stone artefacts from five periods — Hellenistic to Ottoman — are exhibited in the museum garden. Column capitals, gravestones and architectural fragments create an authentic historical atmosphere.

Visitor Information

• Admission: Paid entry (current ticket prices available at the museum entrance)
• Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 08:30–17:00 (closed Monday)
• Location: Near Küçük Liman, central Amasra

Nearby

• Amasra Castle: 5 minutes on foot
• Kemere Bridge: 3 minutes on foot
• Küçük Liman restaurants: 5 minutes on foot