Konuralp Museum is a museum in Düzce Province, Turkey

Konuralp Museum
Konuralp Müzesi
Konuralp Museum is located in Turkey
Konuralp Museum
Konuralp Museum
Established1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Coordinates40°54′14″N 31°09′13″E / 40.90389°N 31.15361°E / 40.90389; 31.15361
TypeArchaeology, Ethnography
Collection size1788
OwnerMinistry of Culture

Konuralp, is a town named after an early Ottoman hero in Düzce Province. It is almost merged to Düzce city. The museum is situated on Cumhuriyet street at 40°54′14″N 31°09′13″E / 40.90389°N 31.15361°E / 40.90389; 31.15361[1] It was opened on 18 November 1994.

The museum building has three exhibition halls, one laboratory, a conference room, two stock rooms and rooms reserved for the administration.

There are 1788 archaeological items in the museum. Konuralp is founded on the remains of Prusias ad Hypium of the antiquity. The origin of the exhibited items are from Prusias Ad Hypium. A 1st-century sarcophagus, Orpheus mosaic, the mosaic of Achilles and Thetis and the 2nd-century copy of Tyche and Plutus sculpture are among the notable items in the museum. There are 456 ethnographic items.[2] In ethnography section clothes, weapons, daily-usage articles et.c about Late Ottoman era are exhibited.[3] There are also 3837 coins from Hellenistic to Ottoman era.

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