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Regional Historical Museum - Targovishte

Regional Historical Museum - Targovishte

Category "Regional Museums"
The museum in Targovishte was established in 1951. Since 1960 it has acquired the status of a district museum. Currently the Turgovishte museum is a regional one. The structure includes five departments – Archaeology,   History of Bulgaria XV - XIX century, New and Recent history, Ethnography and Funds. It preserves over 25,000 ...
Regional Military Historical Museum -  Pleven

Regional Military Historical Museum - Pleven

Category "Regional Museums"
The idea of ​​preserving the memory for one of the most serious operations of the Russo-Turkish War 1877/1878 - Pleven, through a complex of memorial objects, has formed in the Bulgarian society at the beginning of the 20th century. The main catalyst of this idea is the revolutionary Stoyan Zaimov. At his initiative and with strong public and state ...
Regional Historical Museum - Lovech

Regional Historical Museum - Lovech

Category "Regional Museums"
The beginning of the museum work in Lovech was put in 1895 by the members of the community center "Nauka". Until the middle of the 20th century, the institution developed as a social structure based on the voluntary work and donations of the citizens of Lovech and the surrounding area. In 1952 the museum was transformed into a state museum and in ...
Regional Historical Museum - Gabrovo

Regional Historical Museum - Gabrovo

Category "Regional Museums"
The Regional Historical Museum in Gabrovo is the successor of the museum collections of the Aprilov High School, founded in 1883. In 1920 it was institutionalized through the Historigraphic Society created by Dr. Petar Tsonchev. In 1949 the museum became a state museum and acquired a building provided by the Gabrovo Municipality. In 1960 it was ...
Sofia History Museum

Sofia History Museum

Category "Regional Museums"
The Sofia History Museum was established in 1928 as a part of a Municipal cultural institution, including a museum, a library, an archive and a gallery. In 1952 the museum is separated, but has no permanent exposition for decades. On September 17, 2015, the permanent exhibition of the Museum was officially opened in the former Central Mineral Bath ...
Regional Historical Museum - Varna

Regional Historical Museum - Varna

Category "Regional Museums"
The beginning of the museum work in Varna was made by local public figures and intellectuals in the 1880s. In 1901 the Varna Archaeological Society was established, which takes care of the museum in the city. As a result of June 5, 1902, the Municipal Council approved the draft of the Varna Archeological Museum. After a long preparatory work on ...
Regional Historical Museum - Yambol

Regional Historical Museum - Yambol

Category "Regional Museums"
The Yambol Museum is a successor to the local “Diana” Archaeological Society, founded in 1925. On April 2, 1953, the first state museum - the Museum of the Revolutionary Movement - was opened in the city. Soon it acquired the status of a district museum and  general history profile .  Its first exhibits are part of the museum ...
Regional Historical Museum - Vidin

Regional Historical Museum - Vidin

Category "Regional Museums"
The Historical Museum is one of the oldest scientific and cultural institutes in Vidin. The beginning of the museum dates back to 1910 when the Archaeological Society was established and the first museum collection was arranged. The museum has a well-built and complete structure corresponding to its general historical profile. This structure ...
Regional Historical Museum - Vratsa

Regional Historical Museum - Vratsa

Category "Regional Museums"
The beginning of the museum work in Vratsa was made in 1925 with the creation of a collection to the “Tsar Boris III” Boys High School. At the end of the 1930s a building was built for the Studious  society, under whose patronage the museum collections falls under. In 1953 the Vratsa Museum was declared a district museum, and three ...
Regional Historical Museum - Veliko Tarnovo

Regional Historical Museum - Veliko Tarnovo

Category "Regional Museums"
The Regional Historical Museum in Veliko Tarnovo is the successor of one of the oldest museum structures in the country - the Tarnovo Archaeological Society, founded in 1879. The first exhibition of the Museum was arranged in 1914 in community center "Nadezhda". In 1953 the museum receives its own building, where the archaeological exposition is ...
Regional Historical Museum - Silistra

Regional Historical Museum - Silistra

Category "Regional Museums"
The first museum in Silistra was established in 1998 as a modest collection of the State Pedagogical School. From 1943 the museum goes to the “Dorostol” Community Center. In 1967 permanent expositions of the Archeology and Revival departments were opened at the Medjidi Tabia fortress. During the year the Ethnographic Museum settled its ...
Regional Historical Museum - Pernik

Regional Historical Museum - Pernik

Category "Regional Museums"
Regional Historical Museum - Pernik was established in 1953 as a town museum. In 1957 the first exhibition was opened. Since 1959, it has grown into a District People’s Museum and in 1968 administrative and structural changes have taken place, and it is called the District Historical Museum.  It has a general historical character with ...