Katerinina House
Katerinina House is located in Chiprovtsi and is also known as “the carpet weaver’s house.” It presents the traditional way of life of the Torlaks—a small ethnographic group to which the local population belongs. Exhibits include old clothing, household utensils, and weaving equipment. In the courtyard, visitors can see a living exhibition of plants used […]
Historical Museum Chiprovtsi
The Historical Museum in the town of Chiprovtsi was founded in 1988, in direct connection with the nationwide commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the outbreak of the Chiprovtsi Uprising. The exhibition area in the main building begins with archaeological finds which dating covers a long chronological period—from the Bronze Age to the Late Middle […]
Natural History Museum Belogradchik
The Natural History Museum department was opened on 01.10.1975. The museum is a permanent point of interest and attention both for tourists visiting the town of Belogradchik and for students in the region. Frequent visitors include university students, graduates, and researchers who find photographic documentation, summarized data from field studies, and a rich collection of […]
Magura Cave
The cave is located in northwestern Bulgaria, 17 km from the town of Belogradchik. It is carved into the limestone Rabisha Hill (461 m above sea level). It is one of the largest caves in the country—the total length of the explored galleries is about 2,500 m. It consists of a main gallery and three […]
Historical Museum Belogradchik
The Historical Museum of Belogradchik is housed in the cultural monument known as “Panova House,” a prominent example of Pre-Balkan Revival architecture. It was built in 1810. The building is two-storey, with wooden-clad walls, two open verandas (chardaks), a stone-built ground floor, and an upper floor projecting in an overhanging bay. This architectural gem of […]
Museum Complex Berkovitsa
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 […]
Mihaylova House
The museum site Mihaylova House, opened in 1955 as the house-museum “Hristo Mihaylov,” is the oldest preserved architectural monument in the town of Montana. It is located in close proximity to the Orthodox Church “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” and the Lapidarium archaeological exhibition. Mihaylova House is the only restored and preserved Revival-period house in […]
“Kiril Petrov” Art Galerry
The Art Gallery “Kiril Petrov” began its activity with a small exhibition in 1971. The collection, built over decades, preserves and promotes works by generations of artists from the mid-19th century to the present day. Among the works are paintings by Nikolai Pavlovich, Ivan Mrkvička, Georgi Danchov, Jaroslav Věšín, Vladimir Dimitrov – The Master, Sirak […]
Exhibition Hall “Graf Ignatiev”
The Exhibition Hall of the museum presents the exhibition “Montana in Six Millennia – Cultural Highlights.” The collection of objects illustrates traces of human presence in the region over the past six thousand years and the enduring human drive to create and express itself—from the Chalcolithic period to the complex and contradictory 20th century. The […]
Regional Historical Museum Montana
The beginnings of museum work in Montana are associated with the archaeological society “Montanensium,” founded in 1937, whose chairman was the then mayor of the town of Ferdinand, Gozo Mitov. Unfortunately, the planned archaeological museum was never opened, despite the allocated premises and the credit approved by the Ferdinand Municipal Council. The first museum institution […]