The museum in Berkovitsa is a municipal cultural institution responsible for the preservation of the movable cultural heritage of the town and the municipality. It oversees three heritage sites: the Art Gallery, the Ethnographic Museum, and the House-Museum “Ivan Vazov.”

It was originally established as the Ivan Vazov Museum, founded in 1950 and opened to visitors in 1957. In 1963, a decision was made to create a municipal museum with seven departments, including “Nature” and “Art.” Gradually, additional exhibitions were developed, with a focus on ethnographic and artistic collections.

By Decision No. 172 of March 30, 2012, of the Berkovitsa Municipal Council, the House-Museum “Ivan Vazov” became part of the Museum Complex – Berkovitsa, which is an independent legal entity. Thus, the museum now unites the previously existing Ethnographic Museum, the House-Museum “Ivan Vazov,” and the City Art Gallery “Father Paisiy” in Berkovitsa.

The Museum Complex – Berkovitsa is classified as a general museum, with a local territorial scope and municipal ownership.

The Art Gallery “Father Paisiy” in the town of Berkovitsa is housed in the building of the former two-storey school “Father Paisiy,” built in 1872. After the reconstruction of the school building, the new exhibition of the City Art Gallery was opened there on March 15, 1980. Its first exhibition, however, was opened earlier, on February 9, 1969, in the local inn.

The collection began to be assembled in 1969 and today includes over 1,400 works of art from all genres. Alongside Revival-period woodcarving and painting, the gallery also preserves and exhibits works by contemporary Bulgarian artists, organized into sections such as painting, graphic arts, drawing, caricature, sculpture, and applied arts.

The House-Museum “Ivan Vazov” was opened in 1957. After a major renovation, its new exhibition was inaugurated on February 15, 1980.

The Ipekliyata House, where Ivan Vazov lived while serving as chairman of the District Court in Berkovitsa from March 7, 1879 to September 18, 1880, was built at the beginning of the 19th century and features a typical Bulgarian Revival-style exterior and interior—an authentic fireplace, carved ceilings, a large room with built-in cupboards, wall paintings, and wooden benches (minderluci).

In 1940, it was declared a site of national antiquity, and in 1964 it was designated an architectural and construction monument of national significance.