Ćiro Truhelka

Ćiro Truhelka
Bust in Osijek
Born(1865-02-02)2 February 1865
Died18 September 1942(1942-09-18) (aged 77)
NationalityCroat
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
RelativesJagoda Truhelka (sister)
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
University of Skopje

Ćiro Truhelka (2 February 1865 – 18 September 1942) was a Croatian archeologist, historian, and art historian who devoted much of his professional life to the study of the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He wrote about prehistory, Roman and medieval history (most notably its numismatics), Ottoman and Turkish documents from the region, stećci, and Bosnian Cyrillic. He was also engaged in albanology. He was the first curator of the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina.