National Maritime Museum, Varna
9000 Varna, Bulgaria, 2 Primorski Blvd
tel.: +359 052 633 015; 633 016
e-mail: navmus@mail.vega.bg
Exposition: history of the Bulgarian Navy and Merchant Marine since 1878 till the present day; covered exhibition area of 416 square metres and open air exhibition in the park of the museum on 3 000 square metres.
Highlights: the Drazki ship-museum, a collection of anchors and shipwreck from different periods.
Open:
Summer (04 May- 31 October) Open daily 10.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Winter (01 November -03 May) 8.30 a.m. - 17 p.m.
Closed: winter- Saturdays and Sundays

Archaeological Museum, Varna
9000 Varna, Bulgaria, 41 Maria Louisa Blvd
tel.: +359 52 237 057, 212 41
e-mail: archeoiv@mt-eink.bg
Exposition: prehistory, Antiquity, Middle Ages, Standing exhibition of icons from the Museum of the Bulgarian National Revival Period
Highlights: the world’s oldest gold treasure (5th - 4th millenium BC),
a unique collection of burial stelae (tomb stones) (2nd millennium BC), a collection of antique gold jewelry (5th century BC- 4th century AD), Bulgaria’s largest collections of terracotta, sculptures and bas relieves, antique glass vessels, earthenware lamps, early Christian marble capitals (4th-3rd century), bronze ornaments for belts, the largest collection of Medieval gold and silver jewelry in the Balkans (13th-14th century), the largest collection in Bulgaria of Eastern faience.
Open: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer- Mondays,
winter- Sundays and Mondays

Aladzha Monastery
Varna, Bulgaria,
tel.: +359 52 355 460
Exposition: Medieval Bulgarian rock monastery (13th-14th century). Located 18 km north-east of Varna. There are remains of a church, cells, a chapel, a monastery kitchen and other rooms carved into the rock. There is an exhibition of copies of Medieval murals (12th-16th century).
Open: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer- Mondays,
winter- Sundays and Mondays

Museum of the Bulgarian National Revival, Varna
9000 Varna, Bulgaria, 9 27. July St
tel.: +359 52 223 585
Exposition: the first Bulgarian school and the first Bulgarian church in Varna (19th century). Documents and materials about the Bulgarian National Revival and the arts (18th-19th century) and the national liberation struggles in Varna and the region in that period.
Highlights: the second biggest collection of icons and prints (14th-19th century); prints on sacred subjects, a collection of manuscripts and books, weapons (18th- 19th century).
Open: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer- Mondays,
winter- Saturdays and Sundays

Ethnographic Museum- Varna
9000 Varna, Bulgaria
22 Panagiurishte St
tel.: +359 52 630 588
Exposition: crafts, customs, folk art and town life style in north-eastern Bulgaria from the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Reconstruction of craftsmen’s workshops, the interior of a typical house, traditional festivities, etc.
Highlights: a large collection of folk costumes from Bulgaria and the Bulgarian population abroad. Large collections of textiles, embroidery, silver jewelry, copper vessels, painted chests, works of folk art and European applied art.
Open: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer- Mondays,
winter- Saturdays and Sundays

Museum of the History of Varna
9000 Varna, Bulgaria
3, 8th November St
tel.: +359 52 632 677, 237 062
Exposition: the economy, culture and life style in Varna from 1878 to 1945.
Highlights: exhibits and documents about the first Bulgarian (later international) music festivities - 1926; exhibits of Bulgaria’s first cotton weaving factory, documents and models of the first boats and ships built in Varna, authentic interior of craftsmen’s workshops, shops, public catering and house interior of the 1920s and the 30s, collection of post cards from Varna, documents and books about education, advertising brochures and books about Varna as a resort, exhibits about the Blaskov’s family printing and bookshop activities, about the international trade fairs, hosted by Varna and others.
Open: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer- Mondays,
winter- Saturdays and Sundays

Museum of Modern History of Varna
9000 Varna, Bulgaria
41 Maria Louisa Blvd
tel.: +359 52 237 069, 245 068

The Roman Baths - Varna
9000 Varna, Bulgaria, San Stefano St
tel.: +359 52 456 476, 237 057
Exposition: Roman baths of the 2nd - 3rd century- the biggest in Bulgaria and the third biggest in Europe. Archaeological remains on an area of 7000 square metres.
Open: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer- Mondays,
winter- Saturdays and Sundays

Natural Science Museum - Varna
9000 Varna, Bulgaria, P. O. Box 173
tel.: +359 52 228 194
Exposition: The Natural Science Museum in Varna studies and popularizes the geology, flora and fauna of the Black Sea and the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
There are three sections: Geology, Flora and Fauna. The formation and structure of the Earth are shown, as well as the development of life on Earth, Mesozoic and Tertiary fossils, samples of minerals, the main species of the flora along the Black Sea coast, the longoz (swamp forest) type of vegetation and the animal life in the region.
The Terrarium exhibition is housed in the branch of the museum in the Sea Gardens close to the Dolphinarium.
Open: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: summer- Mondays,
winter- Saturdays and Sundays

Museum of Tourism
Resort St. Constantine,
Hotel “Palace” (Sunny Day)
tel.: +359 52 258 263, 361 972
Exposition: documents, photographs, tables and other illustrations revealing the development of tourism along the Black Sea coast.
Open: non stop

Vladislav Varnenchik Park-Museum
9000 Varna, Bulgaria
3 Janosh Huniadi Blvd
tel.: +359 52 440 302
Exposition: the museum commemorates the battle in 1444 near Varna. It is a mausoleum dedicated to King Vladislav Varnenchik. There is an exhibition of Medieval weapons. The museum is located in a big park where one can see the exposition, monuments and a tomb dated from the 4th century B C.
Highlights: knight armour from the 15th century, accoutrements.
Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Museum of History of Medicine
9000 Varna, Bulgaria
7 P. Nikolau St
tel.: +359 52 241 015
Exposition: It is housed in the building of the first charity hospital in Bulgaria. Medicine in ancient times, the National Revival Period, development of medical services after the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman domination (1878).
Highlights: over 4000 old books on medicine, one of Bulgaria’s largest paleo-anthropological collections, medical instruments dating back to the Thracian times, the Greek colonization, the Roman Empire and the foundation of the Bulgarian State.
Open: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

Museum of Marine-Related Economy
Varna 9000 Varna, Bulgaria, Chaika
10 N. J. Vaptzarov St
tel.: +359 52 301 453
Exposition: the museum is a branch of the Maritime Museum. It reveals the history of Bulgaria’s maritime-related economy from its start to the present day.
Highlights: a collection of ship models, a reconstructed ancient Slav battle boat.

Man and His Health Museum
9000 Varna, Bulgaria, 3 Bregalnitza St
tel.: +359 52 21 201, 203 204, 606 485
Exposition: the museum has 49 models and 100 tables representing the human body and its functions, the care for the pregnant women and new born babies, students’ health and healthy way of life.
Open: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

History Museum, Dalgopol
9250 Dilgopol, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 05172 22 314
Exposition: archaeology, ethnography
Highlights: pre-historic exhibits from a neo-lithic settlement, objects found in tombs dating from the Roman period, sacred marble and lead tiles.
Open: 9 - 12 a.m.

History Museum, Provadia
9200 Provadia, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 0518 20 33
Exposition: archaeology, ethnography
Open: 9 - 12 a.m., 1 - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

Svetoslav Obretenov House - Museum
9200 Provadia, Bulgaria,
2 Svetoslav Obretenov St
tel.: +359 0518 32 63

Museum of Mosaics - Devnya
Devnia, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 0519 29 09
Exposition: Roman and early Byzantine mosaics

History Museum, Dobrich
9300 Dobrich, Bulgaria,
4 Gen. Gurko St, P.O. Box 131
tel.: +359 58 28 213, Fax: +359 58 28 256
Exposition: art dating from the Bulgarian National Revival Period, weapons, Dobroudzha life style, the history of the Dobroudzha Question- causes and development.
Highlights: votive hand made of elephant tusk - the village of Kremen (4th century), earthenware anthropomorphic vessel, and others.
Open: 9 - 12 a.m., 1 - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

Yordan Yovkov House- Museum, Dobrich
9300 Dobrich, Bulgaria,
4 Gen. Gurko St, P.O. Box 131
tel.: +359 58 24 308, 28 213
Exposition: it is a house-memorial of the great Bulgarian storyteller Yordan Yovkov. The interior of his house has been reconstructed. The exhibits reveal Yovkov’s life and activities. There is a collection about the life and activities of the great Bulgarian actress Adriana Boudevska and the ballet master Anastas Petrov.
Highlights: Draft works and personal belongings of Yordan Yovkov, Adriana Boudevska and Anastas Petrov, The Herder Prize for A. Petrov, copies of first publications of works by Yovkov, A. Petrov’s ballet costumes.
Open: 9 - 12 a.m., 1 - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

The Old Dobrich Ethnographic Complex
9300 Dobrich, Bulgaria, 18 K. Stoilov St
tel.: +359 58 29 068, 28 429
Fax: +359 58 28 342
Exposition: The outdoor architectural and ethnographic museum was built as a complex of workshops representing the crafts and the arts - pottery, weaving, icon painting, embroidery and fur-dressing, the making of musical folk instruments and others.
Open: summer 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
winter 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Palace Architectural and Park Complex- Balchik
9600 Baltchik, Bulgaria, Dvoretsa
tel.: +359 579 72 559, Fax: +359 579 72 032
Exposition: the construction of the complex started in 1924. It is a unique blend of beautiful nature and interesting design ideas that produced the Palace, its park and the outhouses. The brooks allow for an intriguing park designing. Here is the Botanical Garden, set up in 1955 by academician Daki Yordanov. From spring to autumn visitors can enjoy the beauty and aroma of flowers, bushes and trees collected from the whole Mediterranean region, the Pacific coasts, Southern Asia and America. The cacti garden is one of the richest.
Open: Daily 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

History Museum, Balchik
9600 Baltchik, Bulgaria, 1 Nesavisimost Sq
tel.: +359 579 72 177
Exposition: it is built up as a complex: a general history department, an ethnographic museum revealing the local crafts and occupations, the interior of a house in a village and in a town, a reconstruction of a classroom from the time of the Bulgarian National Revival.
The Art Gallery has a standing exhibition and a floor for temporary exhibitions.
Highlights: a collection of coins and ceramics.
Open: 7 - 12 a.m., 1 - 4.30 p.m. (at summer till 6 p.m.)
Closed: winter Saturdays and Sundays

The History Museum - Kavarna
9650 Kavarna, Bulgaria, 1 Tschirakman St
tel.: +359 570 82 150

The Ethnographic Complex of the National Revival Period, Kavarna
9650 Kavarna, Bulgaria
18 S. Gantschev St
tel.: +359 570 85 017

The History Museum, Tervel
9450 Tervel, Bulgaria

The History Museum, Silistra
7500 Silistra, Bulgaria, 24 Rakovski St
tel.: +359 86 23 894, 27 040, 23 855
Exposition: the general history museum in the town of Silistra was founded in 1998 with departments: archaeology, ethnography, the Bulgarian lands (15th-19th century), modern history.
Highlights: Thracian chariot with gold decorations (3rd century), Bulgarian national costumes and jewelry dating from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Open: 8 - 12 a.m., 2 - 6 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

The History Museum- Toutrakan
7600 Tutrakan, Bulgaria, 1 Suvorov Blvd
tel.: +359 857 52 35
Exposition: archaeology, history, ethnography
Highlights: a collection of icons by icon painters of the Tryavna School- mid 19th century
Open: 8 - 12 a.m., 1.30 - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

Danubian Fishing and Boat Building Museum- Toutrakan
7600 Tutrakan, Bulgaria
The Ethnographic Museum
tel.: +359 857 23 52
Exposition: the Ethnographic Museum on fishing and boat construction on the river Danube was opened in 1974. It is the only one of its kind. It is located near the river.
Highlights: fishing tackle and equipment

The Shoumen Fortress Archaeological Reserve
9700 Shoumen, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 54 58 051
Exposition: it is in the open in the Shoumen Plateau National Park. It includes a strong fortress wall (12-14th century) with pentagonal towers, houses, public buildings, a church, a basilica and others.
Open: 8 - 7 p.m.

History Museum, Shoumen
9700 Shoumen, Bulgaria, 17 Slavyanski Blvd
tel.: +359 54 57 410, 52 186, 57 596
Exposition: general history exhibition with departments- pre-history, Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the National Revival Period, a collection of coins, ethnography, modern history.
Highlights: a matrix from Garchinovo, horse trappings from Ivanski, gold plates, belt decorations from Pliska and Madara, a collection of icons.
Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

The Dobri Voinikov House- Museum - Shoumen
9700 Shoumen, Bulgaria,
157 Tsar Osvoboditel St
tel.: +359 54 56 897
Exposition: Dobri Voinikov was a prominent enlightener of national-wide importance. The exhibition is dedicated to his life and work.
Highlights: copies of the first publications of Dobri Voinikov’s history plays.
Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

Lajos Kossuth House-Museum- Shoumen
9700 Shoumen, Bulgaria,
35 Tsar Osvoboditel St
tel.: +359 54 57 209
Exposition: it is dedicated to the Hungarian nationalist and leader of the revolution of 1848 who was exiled to Bulgaria.
Open: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

The Panayot Volov House-Museum-Shoumen
9700 Shoumen, Bulgaria,
42 Enyu Markovski St
tel.: +359 54 63 429
Exposition: it is dedicated to the Bulgarian revolutionary Panayot Volov who was involved in the national liberation struggle.
Highlights: Panayot Volov’s personal weapons
Open: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

Museum of Horse Breeding - Kabiyuk
9700 Shoumen, Bulgaria
“Kabiyuk” Scientific Agricultural Complex
Exposition: it reveals the history of horse breeding in Bulgaria; there is a hall dedicated to the development of equestrian sports and a collection of horse trappings. The museum is a branch of the National Agricultural Museum.
Open: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

The History Museum- Alfatar
7570 Alfatar village,
Bulgaria, Region Silistra
The Srebarna Nature Reserve
7500 Silistra, Bulgaria, tel.: +359 86 23 894
It is located 18 km from Silistra on the road to Rousse. It occupies an area of 8000 decares. It is a shallow lake (1-5 metres deep) rich in animal and plant life. It is called a bird sanctuary because some 160 bird species live here or stop over on their transmigration.
Ideal for bird watchers who can use technical equipment not to disturb the birds.
Open: Daily 9 - 12 a.m., 2- 6 p.m.

The Madara National Historical and Archaeological Reserve
9750 Madara village, Bulgaria
Shoumen Region, tel.: +359 5313 20 95
Exposition: A bas relief of a man on horseback piercing a lion, followed by a dog are hewn in the soft steep rock 23 metres above ground. There are remains of a Roman villa and a fortress.
Open: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

The Pliska National Historical and Archaeological Reserve
9920 Pliska, Bulgaria, tel.: +359 5323 20 12
Exposition: remains from the capital of the First Bulgarian State - Pliska (681-893). Finds from excavations at the palace complex and the fortress. Pliska is one of the most representative capitals of the Early European Middle Ages.
Highlights: a ring with inscription, a leather belt with gold decorations and others.
Branches and other sites near by: the Basilica, and Antique fortress in the village of Voivodino.
Open: Daily 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

The Pancho Vladigerov House- Museum
9700 Shoumen, Bulgaria
62 Tsar Osvoboditel St

The Archaeological Museum- Veliki Preslav
8950 Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 538 26 30, Fax: +359 538 45 37
Exposition: finds from archaeological excavations on the site of the second Bulgarian capital -Veliki Preslav and exhibits from the Bulgarian Golden Century, 9th-10th century.
Highlights: inscriptions from the 9th-10th century, the Preslav Gold Treasure. A ceramic icon of Saint Theodore, a collection of lead seals and others.
Open:
Daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (summer - till 6 p.m.)

The History Museum - Targovishte
7700 Targovishte, Bulgaria
1 Mitropolit Andrey Blvd
tel.: +359 601 43 978
25 216, 22 131
Exposition: ethnography, the Bulgarian National Revival Period and national liberation struggles. The exhibits are housed in buildings declared monuments of culture of national importance. Located in the old part of the town- Varosha.
Highlights: a gold treasure from the Thracian mound near the village of Kralevo (3rd century BC), cult scenes from the village of Ovcharovo, the crafts and local way of life.
Open: 8.30 - 12 a.m., 2- 5.30 p.m.
Closed: Sundays and Mondays

The Nikola Marinov Art Gallery - Targovishte
7700 Targovishte, Bulgaria
Park “Borovo Oko”
tel.: +359 601 27 760
Exposition: paintings, prints, sculpture
Highlights: a collection of water colours by Nikola Marinov
Open: 8 - 12 a.m., 2- 6 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

The History Museum - Omourtag
7900 Omourtag, Bulgaria
53 Gen. Totleben St
tel.: +359 605 24 95
Exposition: archaeology, ethnography, general history. Founded in 1973.
Highlights: the space suit of the second Bulgarian astronaut Alexander Alexandrov. Sculptures of idols dating from the 6th-5th millenium BC.
Open: 8 - 12 a.m., 2- 5 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

The History Museum - Popovo
7800 Popovo, Bulgaria, 91 Bulgaria Blvd
tel.: +359 608 35 64
Exposition: archaeology, ethnography, icons from the Bulgarian National Revival Period, art, the history of Popovo and the region from the 15th to the 20th century. They are housed in three buildings which have been declared monuments of culture: the old high school building, Saint Arch Angel Michail Church of the National Revival Period and a typical house.
Highlights: Roman bronze sculptures, icons from the Tryavna School (18th -19th century), some of the first Bulgarian printed books.
Open: 8 - 12 a.m., 2- 6 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays

The History Museum - Razgrad
7200 Razgrad, Bulgaria
tel.: +359 84 24 273, 27 378, 24 612

The History Museum - Isperih
7400 Isperih, Bulgaria
6 Tsar Osvoboditel St
tel.: +359 835 47 83, 56 31, 56 19
Exposition: archaeology, ethnography, modern history, art gallery
Highlights: Thracian pottery, seals for amphoras.
Open: 10 - 12 a.m., 3.30 - 5.30 p.m.
Closed: Saturdays and Sundays