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The Museum of Icon

Address:	“Breza “ Str. No.1 Tryavna 5350 Gabrovo Distinct Bulgaria
TEL:	Internatinal Dialing Code: 359 (0)677-37-53: Guide
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Opening Hours Admission Access Town Info Exhibitions Info Museum History

Exhibitions

Art- Painting, Others- Exhibition

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Opening Hours

Open	Summer time: 10:00 - 18:00 Winter time: 08:00 - 16:00
Closed	-

Others

:Group visits during closing hours: possible with appointment

Admission

Adult	2.00 lv.
Student	1.00 lv.
Child	Up to 7 years old	free
Others	• Active military: free • Handicapped: free • Senior: 1.00 lv.

Guide/Lecture	• Bulgarian	3.00 lv.
Guide/Lecture	• English • Spanish • German • Russian • French	5.00 lv.

Others

For groups over 10 people, the museum offers a tour of the town and all the museums in the town:
• adults: 5.00 lv.
• students: 2.50 lv.
• seniors: 2.50 lv.

Access to Museum

From nearby Regional Center to Town

from Gabrovo: by bus and by train

From Bus Station/Railway Station in Town

with a car and by foot from the town center. Signs are put for orientation of the visitors.

Town Information

Tryavna is a town with rich cultural traditions and long history. During the Revival period the Town of Tryavna became a center of the oldest and biggest Art School. Leading art streams in the schooling are the Iconography, wood carving and construction. The visitors of the town can get acquainted with the numerous architectural monuments of the epoch: old town center, clock tower, churches and others.

Exhibitions Information

Number of Collection	200
Exhibition Area	200 m²

The exhibition of the oldest Revival period icon painting school in Bulgaria. Representative collection n of Tryavna icons /17th -19th c./ - over 160 original icons, icon-painting sources, copies, icon-painting tools.

Museum History

Year of Establishment	1984 years
Founder	The specialized museum - Tryavna

The exhibition is placed in an old chapel, built in 1944, part of the complex children sanatorium, built with the means and under the initiative of Queen Joana. The building was restored in 1983 for the needs of the museum.