Plovdiv is proud of its millennial history. It is absolutely reasonable and logical that such an old town has a historical museum and not one, but several buildings of it. After all, 8000 years would hardly fit into a single space, and the story that the Regional History Museum of Plovdiv will tell you is extremely interesting. It was established in 1951 as a scientific and cultural organization whose purpose was to search, study, preserve and present the cultural values of the past of Plovdiv and the Plovdiv region for the period from the 15th to the 20th century. The museum has an extremely rich fund, which has over 60,000 exhibits, including unique collections of cool weapons and firearms, orders and medals, military equipment, personal belongings, prints, clothing and objects from the city life, photographs and documents. The Regional History Museum - Plovdiv has four expositions - "Bulgarian Revival", "Book publishing in Bulgaria in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century", "Unification of Bulgaria 1885" and Museum of Modern History.
The exhibition Unification of Bulgaria 1885 is located in the building of the Regional Assembly of the Eastern Rumelia at 1 Saedinenie Square. The museum exposition was opened in 1985 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia - an event that has become a national symbol of our new history. The exhibition covers the period since the signing of the Berlin Treaty in 1878, which divided the lands populated by Bulgarians into five parts until the Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885. The main accents were on the construction and development of Eastern Rumelia as the second Bulgarian state, the preparation and implementation of the Unification with the Principality of Bulgaria on September 6, 1885.
Address: 1 Saedinenie Square, 4000 Plovdiv. Phone: 032/629409. Fax: 032/269955
Summer working hours (April to October incl.): 9.30 – 6.00 pm during the weekdays, according to schedule of the events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday
Winter working hours: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm during the weekdays, according to schedule of the events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday
The Bulgarian Revival Exposition is located in the Architectural and Historical Reserve "Ancient Plovdiv" in the house of Dimitar Georgiadis. The Bulgarian Revival exposition traces the history of Plovdiv from the 15th to the 19th century. The rich material, documents and photographs allow visitors to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the distant past of the city - a time of foreign rule but also a time of defending the national identity of the Bulgarians. The ethnic diversity and the economic development of Plovdiv from the Ottoman era are presented in the halls on the first floor. The topics of Bulgarians' struggle for new Bulgarian education, independent church and national independence are developed on the second and third floors.
Address: 1 TsankoLavrenov St, 4000 Plovdiv. Phone: 032/623378 and 032/633379
Summer working hours (April to October incl.): 9.30am - 6:00 pm throughout the week (including Saturdays and Sundays)
Winter working hours: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm on weekdays and Saturdays, and Sunday is a day off
The exhibition Book publishing in Bulgaria in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century was opened in 1975 at the home of the founder of the modern Bulgarian book publishing Hristo Gruev Danov. Unique examples of the printed Revival book are shown in the six halls. It follows the stages in the development of the educational work based on the publishing activities of Hristo G. Danov and Dragan Manchov - the main suppliers of textbooks and teaching aids for the Bulgarian schools, as well as the activities of other prominent scholars and educators such as h. Nayden Jovanovic, Joakim Gruev and others. The role of the city of Plovdiv as a center of Bulgarian education and culture in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century was reflected.
Address: 2 MitropolitPaisii St, 4000 Plovdiv. Phone: 032/629405. Fax: 032/269955
Summer working hours (April to October incl.): 9.30 am – 6.00 pm with weekend breaks
Winter working hours: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm with weekend breaks
The Museum of Modern History has a spacious, modernly equipped hall, which offers the opportunity to present artistic and photographic exhibitions, presentations, seminars and other public events. The permanent exposition The Soul of the Japanese Doll presents the story of Japanese dolls. The five showcases show some of the most widespread dolls, each created by the history of an old legend. The present exposition was realized in 2010 under the art project of Konstantin Kambarev with the financial assistance of the Japanese Embassy in Bulgaria.
Address: 14 Angel Bukoreshtliev St, 4000 Plovdiv. Phone: 032/628886, 032/634512. Fax: 032/269955
Summer working hours (April to October incl.): 9.30 am – 6.00 pm with weekend breaks
Winter working hours: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm with weekend breaks
In addition to the abundance of premises and exhibits, the Plovdiv Regional History Museum has been upgraded and part of its remarkable exhibits and stories that it tells can be seen from anywhere in the world. Its e-catalog "Relics from the Unification 1885 in Bulgarian Museums" became part of the global initiative of the Google Cultural Institute and can be seen here: http://muzeini-relikvi.net/. The catalog is an attempt to present the preserved relics of the Unification of Bulgaria, preserved in the Bulgarian museums to a wider audience;
Virtual tour of the exhibition"Unification of Bulgaria 1885": http://plovdivbg.info/objects/музей-на-съединението/;
Virtual tour of the exhibition "Bulgarian Revival": http://plovdivbg.info/objects/исторически-музей/;
Virtual tour of the exhibition "Book publishing in Bulgaria in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century": http://plovdivbg.info/objects/335/;
If you want to go to one of the permanent or visiting expositions, here are the entrance fees for the museum visit, which are absolutely symbolic:
Students: 1.00 lv.
Adults: 3.00 lv.
Entrance for adults for temporary exhibitions: 2.00 lv.
Children up to 7 years old and people with disabilities: free of charge
To participate in an educational program on the theme of the museum: 1.00 lv.
Important: The entrance to the museum expositions is free on the first Thursday of the month, 3 March, 6 September, during the International Museum Day, the European Night of Museums and the Plovdiv Night of Museums and Galleries. The museum exposition entrance is free of charge for guides and managers of organized groups of more than 10 people, for members of ICOM and ICOMOS, for journalists (against legitimation), museum staff, donors and members of the Friends of the Museum, official delegations and guests of Plovdiv Municipality.
PRICES OF EXCURSIONS
Review discourse: 10.00 lv.
Special discourse: 10.00 lv.
Discourse in a foreign language: 15.00 lv.
Preparation and conducting of an educational discourse outside the museum: 12.00 lv.
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