Kocaeli Museum

Kocaeli Museum
Kocaeli Müzesi

Location of Kocaeli Museum in Turkey
Established	2006 (2006)
Location	Demiryolu Caddesi, Kemalpaşa, Kocaeli, Turkey
Coordinates	Coordinates: 40°45′45″N 29°54′57″E / 40.76250°N 29.91583°E / 40.76250; 29.91583
Type	Archaeology, ethnography
Collections	Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman periods
Collection size	1,965 archaeological, 1,549 ethnographic, 5,155 coins
Owner	Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Kocaeli Museum, aka Kocaeli Archaeology and Ethnograpy Museum or İzmit Museum, Turkish: Kocaeli Müzesi) is a national museum in Kocaeli (İzmit), northwestern Turkey, exhibiting archaeological artifacts and ethnographic objects. It is housed in the former railway station of İzmit.^[1]

The museum is situated on İstasyon St. in Kozlu neighborhood of İzmit.^[2]

The railway station was designed by German architect Otto Ritter, and built between 1873 and 1910. The facility covers an area of 21 daa (5.2 acres).^[2] The railway station became defunct after the course of the railway was changed to run north of the city, which ran along the coast of Marmara Sea and passed through the city center before.

After restoration works for redevelopment, which began in 2004, the former railway station was opened early 2007. The museum consists of 1,965 archaeological, 1,549 ethnographic objects and 5,155 coins.^[1] In addition to the exhibition halls, there is a 130-seated conference room and a laboratory. The museum objects are partly exhibited in the museum halls and partly open-air in the museum yard. A steam locomotive and two railroad cars, redesigned as cafeteria and restaurant and situated in front of the museum, serve the visitors.^[3]

In the museum halls, artifacts from Paleolithic, Hellenic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman era are exhibited.^[2]

Gallery

Coins from Roman Empire
Statue of Heracles
Bust of Socrates
Statues depiting the seasons summer, winter and fall (from left to right)
Sarcophagi in the museum yard
Turkish bath scene

References

1 2 "Kocaeli Müzesi" (in Turkish). Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
1 2 3 "Müzeler ve Örenyerleri - Kocaeli Arkeoloji ve Etnoğrafya Müzesi" (in Turkish). Kocaeli İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
↑ "Müzeler - Kocaeli Arkeoloji ve Etnoğrafya Müzesi" (in Turkish). Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

Archaeological museums in Turkey

Aegean Region	Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum Aydın Archaeological Museum Bodrum Castle Bolvadin Museum Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum Ephesus Archaeological Museum Hierapolis Izmir Archeology Museum Archaeological Museum of Manisa Uşak Museum of Archaeology

Black Sea Region	Amasya Museum Bolu Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Kastamonu Archaeological Museum Konuralp Museum Samsun Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Sinop Archaeological Museum Tokat Museum Trabzon Museum

Central Anatolia Region	Çatalhöyük Eskişehir Archaeological Museum Konya Archaeological Museum Gordion Museum Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

Eastern Anatolia Region	Kars Museum

Marmara Region	Bursa Archaeological Museum Çanakkale Archaeological Museum Great Palace Mosaic Museum Istanbul Archaeology Museums Kırklareli Museum Sadberk Hanım Museum Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography

Mediterranean Region	Adana Archaeology Museum Alanya Archaeological Museum Antalya Museum Burdur Archaeological Museum Hatay Archaeology Museum Karatepe-Aslantaş Open-Air Museum Mersin Museum Misis Mosaic Museum Silifke Museum Tarsus Museum

Southeastern Anatolia Region	Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Şanlıurfa Museum Zeugma Mosaic Museum

Museums in Turkey

Aegean Region

Black Sea Region

Amasra Museum Amasya Museum Baksı Museum Bolu Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Giresun Museum Hagia Sophia, Trabzon Karabük Kardemir Iron-Steel Museum Karadeniz Ereğli Museum Kastamonu Ethnography Museum Ordu Ethnographical Museum Sinop Fortress Prison Sinop Archaeological Museum Söğüt Ertuğrul Gazi Museum Rize Atatürk Museum Tokat Museum Trabzon Museum

Central Anatolia Region

Eastern Anatolia

Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum Ali Demirsoy Natural History Museum Kars Museum Malatya Museum

Marmara Region

Museum of Nationist Forces in Balıkesir
Bilecik Museum
Bursa Archaeological Museum
Bursa Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
Çanakkale Archaeological Museum
Edirne Museum
Gelibolu War Museum
Kırklareli Museum
Kocaeli Museum
Konuralp Museum
Mudanya Armistice House
Namık Kemal House Museum
Rákóczi Museum
Sakarya Museum
SEKA Paper Museum
Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
Tofaş Museum of Cars and Anatolian Carriages

For museums in İstanbul see Museums in Istanbul

Mediterranean Region

Southeastern Anatolia Region

Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Ahmet Arif Literature Museum Library Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Kilis Museum Mardin Museum Şanlıurfa Archaeology and Mosaic Museum

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