Historical Museum - Gotse Delchev

Historical Museum -
Gotze Delchev

Address:	"Hristo Botev" St. No. 26 Gotze Delchev 2900 Bulgaria
TEL:	Internatinal Dialing Code: 359 (0)751-231-56 (0)751-246-11 (0)887-395-965: During closed hours
Fax:	(0)751-286-10: Gotze Delchev Muninsipal Office
E-mail:	oba@goce.net
URL:	-

Opening Hours Admission Access Town Info Exhibitions Info Museum History

Exhibitions

History- Prehistory; Antiquity; Medieval Period; Ottoman Period; Bulgarian Revival, Archaeology, Ethnography, Art- Painting; Graphic Art

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Opening Hours

Open	Summer time: 08:30 - 12:00, 13:00 - 17:00 Winter time: 08:30 - 12:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Closed	Sunday

Others

• Visits on Saturday: possible with appointment
• Group visits on closing hours: possible with appointment

Admission

		Bulgarian	Foreigner
Adult		1.00 lv.	0.25 lv.
Student		0.50 lv.	free
Child	Up to 7 years	free
Others		• Active military: free • Handicapped: free • Senior: Bulgarian - free, Foreigner - 1.00 lv.

Guide/Lecture	• Bulgarian	5.00 lv
Guide/Lecture	• English	5.00 lv

Others

• Free admission for Bulgarians: Thursday

Access to Museum

From nearby Regional Center to Town

From Blagoevgrad:
120 km by bus
From Bansko :
51 km by bus

From Bus Station/Railway Station in Town

The museum is in the center of the town -There are signs that provide directions to the museum.

Town Information

Gotse Delchev is rich in history. A town of traditions and Art. The fascinating nature of four mountains. The mineral springs - a gift from God.

Exhibitions Information

Number of Collection	4 500
Exhibition Area	450 m²

The exposition of the museum is situated in a house, build in 1877 by Bulgarian masters in "Baroque" style. Here you may see the typical woodcarved ceilings and doors, made by local masters - woodcarvers, descendants of the Debar woodcarving school.
The Historical museum has 12 exposition halls, lapidarium and an yard. In the archeological exposition are presented the Thracian chariot, Thracian ceramics, numismatic collection, marble statues and fragments from the Roman town of Nicopolis ad Nestum - II c. (archeological reserve, 7 km away from Gotse Delchev). The ethnographic exposition is aquatinting the visitors with the lifestyle of the population of the town and the region. There are exposed instruments and tools, clothes, musical instruments and the well developed during the Bulgarian Renaissance crafts: beltsmithing, copersmithing, pottery, manufacturing of goat tracks and homespun, goldsmiths and packsaddle manufacturing.

exhibition

lapidarium or Nicopolis ad Nestum

Museum History

exhibits

Year of Establishment	1979 years
Founder	local patriots

In 1947 the members of the Historical circle group "Nicopolis ad Nestum" of Culture center "Prosveta" set the beginning of the museum works. Since 1979 the museum is located in the present building. The museum is a regional center for researches, preservation and protection of the historical heritage of the town and the municipalities: Gotse Delchev, Hadzhidimovo, Garmen and Satovcha.