Archeological Museum, Bourgas
8000 Bourgas, Bulgaria, 21, Bogoridi St.
tel.: +359 56 843 541
Exposition: it presents the archaeological heritage of the region (end of 6th millenium BC - 15th c.) It is displayed in a building which is a cultural monument - the first “Class School“ in Bulgaria, 1889.
Highlights: the biggest collection of antique and Mediterranean anchors and stocks related to ancient navigation. A tomb find of a Thracian chief in a wooden sarcophagus, unique of its kind. The only preserved wooden boats from the 15th c.) Open:
Summer 9.00 a.m. - 10.00 p.m.
Winter 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Closed: winter- Saturday

Ethnographic Museum, Bourgas
8000 Bourgas, Bulgaria, 69, Slavianska St.
tel.: +359 56 842 587
Exposition: it presents the living conditions and culture of the population in the region at the end of the 19th beginning of the 20th c. It is displayed in Brakalov’s house. Brakalov was a Revival activist, Vassil Levski’s brother-in-arms. He was twice a mayor of Bourgas during the 19thc.
Highlights: he biggest collection of costumes, fabrics and adornments from the Strandzha ethnographic group - Ruptsi. Collection of costumers of the village of Bulgari. Unique collection presenting “Enyo’s Bride“ custom - Enyo’s Day in Strandzha. Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer- Mondays,
winter- Sundays and Mondays

History Museum, Bourgas
8000 Bourgas, Bulgaria, 31, Lermontov St.
tel.: +359 56 841 815, 840 017
Exposition: it presents the historic development of Bourgas and the region during the Revival period and the beginning of the 20th century, national liberation struggles and the Liberation form the Ottoman Yoke
Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: Sundays and Mondays

Natural Sciences Museum, Bourgas
8000 Bourgas, Bulgaria, 20, K. Fotinov St.
tel.: +359 56 843 239
Exposition: the exhibition reflects the natural wealth of Bourgas region. The accent is on the flora of the Strandzha mountain, activities for preservation of the specific species and sites representatives of Bulgarian nature.
Highlights: Bird fauna of the wet Black Sea areas. Endemic plants from the Strandzha mountain. Black Sea Fish. Minerals from Bourgas area. The Pontic migration passage of the birds. Birds migration way above the sea. Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer - Mondays,
winter - Saturdays and Sundays

“Petia Doubarova“ House Museum, Bourgas
8000 Bourgas, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 56 361 10
Exposition: The museum is located in a house with a high basement and one floor, where Petya Doubarova (1962-1979), died tragically and early. Her family lived there together with other families during the past few years before her death. The exhibition is situated on the first floor. In a small room where the poetess lived, the interior is restored with originals. A documentary exhibition of two section is displayed in two halls - the first sections is devoted to the poetess’s short path of life and work, and the other is devoted to her existence after death - publications, prizes in the her name and their holders, letters to the museum, etc.
Highlights: the more valuable items from the museum’s stock, besides the interior of Petya Doubarova’s room, are her manuscripts, school notebooks, in some of which there are poetical improvisations, some belongings and photographs.

History Museum, Karnobat
8400 Karnobat, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 559 71 43, 22 06
fax: +359 559 71 65

“Dimiter Polyanov“ House Museum, Karnobat
8400 Karnobat, Bulgaria
4, Dimiter Polyanov St.
tel.: +359 559 22 06
Exposition: the museum is established in the native home of Dimiter Polyanov (1876-1953). On one side of the building is arranged the life style exhibition whit the preserved interior. In another part of the building is the documentary exhibition including Dimiter Polyanov’s life and creative works. The museum is hosting temporary exhibitions.
Highlights: the museum is in possession of the richest collections of exhibits and objects of the poet Open: 8 - 12 a.m., 1 - 5 p.m.
Closed: Sundays and Mondays

History Museum, Malko Tarnovo
8350,Malko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

History Museum
Archeological Museum, Nessebar
8230 Nessebar, Bulgaria
2, Messembria St.
tel.: +359 554 260 18, 260 19, 234 94
Open: Summer - 8 - 12 a.m., 2 - 6 p.m.
Winter - tourist guides available at the Ethnographic exhibition.

History Museum, Pomorie
8200 Pomorie, Bulgaria,
tel.: +359 596 61 19

Archeological Museum, Sozopol
8130 Sozopol, Bulgaria
2, Khan Krum Sq.
tel.: +359 5514 22 26
Exposition: Presentation of ancient navigation, Thracian settlement on Meden Rid and others. Metallurgy. Creation and development of the “Apolonia Pontiiska” trade colony. Late antiquity Sizipolos Fortress. Middle Age Sozopol.
Highlights: the largest collection in Bulgaria of painted antique ceramics from the end of the VI-II c. BC. The largest collection of Ionic ceramics and plastic arts. Collection entitled “Workshop whit ovens for ceramics XII - XVc.“ Open: Summer 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Winter 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Closed: Winter - Sundays and Mondays

Central Base for Underwater Archeological Research, Sozopol
8130 Sozopol, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 5514 24 05, 24 69

“Alexander Moutafov“
House Museum, Sozopol
19, Lazuren Bryag St.

History Museum, Yambol
8600 Yambol, Bulgaria
2, Dzhaldeti St.
tel.: +359 46 327 36, 222 07, 220 58
fax: +359 46 237 76

Ethnographic Museum, Elhovo
8700 Elhovo, Bulgaria, 4, Shipka St.
tel.: +359 478 22 97
Exposition: the exhibition is arranged at an ingenious home. It includes a rich selections of clothing and textiles, related to the region, work tools and craft articles, domestic items.
Open: 8.00 - 12.00 a.m.; 1.30 - 5.30 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays.

History Museum, Sliven
8800 Sliven, Bulgaria
18, Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd.
tel.: +359 44 224 95
Exposition: Main Sections: Archeology, Bulgarian Revival, Ethnography
Open: 9.00 - 12.00 a.m.; 2.00 - 5.00 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays.

“Hadji Dimitar“ House Museum, Sliven
8800 Sliven, Bulgaria
2, Assenova St.
tel.: +359 44 224 96

Textile Industry Museum, Sliven
8800 Sliven, Bulgaria,
3, Stoil Voivoda sq.
tel.: +359 44 267 59, 267 44
Exposition: arranged in the building of the first textile vocational school in the country. It includes: hand textile production, machine textile production.
The museum is a branch of the National Polytechnical Museum
Highlights: Collection of weaving machinery, spinning machines, jacquard machines which are used for demonstrations, too.
Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

House-museum “Slivenski bit”
(Sliven town life-style)
8800 Sliven, Bulgaria
5 S. Tabakov St
tel: + 359 44 2 31 49

House-museum “Dobri Chintulov”
8800 Sliven, Bulgaria
5 Vazrojdenska St
Tel + 359 44 2 51 98

“Yordan Yovkov“ House - Museum, Zheravna Village
8988 Zheravna Village, Bulgaria
Exposition: The museum was established in 1957 at the birth-house of the great Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov (1880-1937). In one of the rooms is reproduced the life style of the family where the writer was born and drew up. In the other room is displayed an exhibition of documents about his activities as a teacher and man of culture. The accents of the exhibition are on his function.
Highlights: Yovkov’s works, ethnographic materials and copies of original materials
Open: 8.00 - 12 a.m., 1.30 - 5.30 p.m.

“Roussi Chorbadzhi“ House - Museum, Zheravna Village
8988 Zheravna Village, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 4585 391
Exposition: the house, dating back to the beginning of the 18th century is a cultural monument. It hosts an ethnographic exhibition of the village from the National Revival period.
Open: 8 - 12 a.m., 1.30 - 5.30 p.m.

“Sava Filaretov“ House - Museum, Zheravna Village
8988 Zheravna Village, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 4585 391
Exposition: the house was built in the middle of the 18th century and it is a cultural monument. The arranged ethnographic exhibition reflects the National Revival period. Sava Filaretov was an eminent cultural functionary of the Bulgarian National Revival.
Open: 8 - 12 a.m., 1.30 - 5.30 p.m.

Museum of the National Revival, Kotel
8970 Kotel, Bulgaria,
3, Vazrazhdane Sg.
tel.: +359 453 25 49
Exposition: the Panteon of Georgi Stoykov Rakovski, a Bulgarian national revolutionary, is the centerpiece of the museum.

More than 120 eminent representatives of the Bulgarian national revival came from that region.
Highlights: The first edition of “Nedelnik“ by Sofronii Vrachanski (1806).
The first education of the first ABC book - the “Fish Primer“ by Dr. Petar Beron, Petar Bern’s heart, Rakovski’s mortal remains and personal belongings.
Open: 8.00 - 12.00 a.m., 1.00 - 5.00 p.m.

Natural Sciences Museum, Kotel
8970 Kotel, Bulgaria
12, Izvorska St.
tel.: +359 453 23 55

“Zakhary Stoyanov” House Museum, Medven
8987 Medven village, Bulgaria
Exposition: the museum is arranged in the house built by the father of the writer in 1885, where Zakhari Stoyanov (1850-1889) had spent his childhood. On the first floor of the two-story house is reproduced the atmosphere of the era and on the second floor is displayed an exhibition of documents representing the life and the creative power ot the writer.
Highlights: Personal belongings and letters of the writer
Open: The Museum is open on week days by reservation

The History Museum -
Nova Zagora
8900 Nova Zagora
3,Svoboda Sq.
tel.: +359 457 221 54, 231 54
fax:+359 457 243 03
Exposition: Exhibits from 1000 archeological sites are displayed in the Archeological section. Other sections: Numismatics, the National Revival, Modern and Contemporary History.
Highlights: Antropomophous and zoomorphous ceramics, idol plastic arts, glass-ware, surgical instruments /dating back 2000 years ago/, bronze articles, etc.
Open: Tuesday - Friday
9.00-12 a.m., 2.00 - 5.00 p.m.
Saturday 8.00 - 12.00 a.m.,
2.00 - 5.00 p.m.
Sunday 2.00 - 6.00 p.m.
Closed: Monday