Back to Home Search by... Search on Map Search by Periods and Exhibitions Search by Names of Museums SitemapJapaneseBulgarian

Historical Museum -
Stara Zagora

Address: "Sava Mladenov" Sq.
Teteven 5700
Bulgaria
TEL:

Internatinal Dialing Code: 359
(0)42-600-299: Director
(0)42-625-296: Curator
(4)2-623-931: Guide

Fax: (0)42/ 600 299: Director
E-mail: rim@stz.orbitel.bg
URL: http://www.chambersz.com/museum/


Photo


Opening Hours     Admission     Access     Town Info     Exhibitions Info     Museum History


Exhibitions

History- Prehistory; Antiquity; Medieval Period; Ottoman Period; Bulgarian Revival, Archaeology, Ethnography, House Museum


Opening Hours

Open 09:00 - 12:00, 14:00 - 17:00
Closed Sunday and Monday

Others

Visits to other sites: may be possible by appointment.

Top



Admission

Adult free
Student free
Child free
Others -

Guide/Lecture • Bulgarian
-
• Foreign Languages not available

Others

-

Top



Access to Museum

From nearby Regional Center to Town
-

From Bus Station/Railway Station in Town
Museum "Neolithic Dwellings": Located on the premises of Prof./Dr. Kirkovich's Hospital (Address: "Stoletv" Blvd. No. 0)

Top



Town Information

-

Top



Exhibitions Information

Number of Collection

-

Exhibition Area -

• Museum "Neolithic dwelling places"
Two houses from the new Stone age (VI century B.C.) and a permanent exhibition "Prehistoric art in Stara Zagora region".
• Ancient complex at the Western gate of Augusta Trayana (II-V century)
Square (Forum) with amphitheatrical auditorium, baths, fortified walls, Western gate and part of the main trade street of Augusta Trayana.
• South Gate of Augusta Trayana
Solid equipment in the fortified system of the town
• Late ancient buildings and mosaics
Private Roman home (IV century): guest room with colourful marbled flooring
Community building (IV-VI century): representative hall, entrance hall with gates with colourful marbled floorings
• Ritual complex at "Eski mosque"
- Christian church - X-XI century
- Muslim prayer house, built in 1409
• Hilendar Nunnery
- Material-documentary exhibition "Levski in Stara Zagora region"
- Restoration of a classroom from a school in Sveti Nikola (second part of XIX century)
•House Museum "Town customs ХІХ c." (Hadjiangelov's House)
The exhibition represents the customs of Stara Zagora citizens after the Liberation until the end of XIX c. With a rich collection of objects from wealthy families from Stara Zagora.
• "Crafts from Stara Zagora since the end of XIX century and the beginning of XX century" (Balabanov's House")
Coppersmith, Tailor and Cooper's workshops

Photo

Photo

Top



Museum History

Photo

Photo
Year of Establishment 1907 years
Founder -

Stara Zagora Museum was established on 28 May 1907. In the same year the first exhibition was opened. The first systematic archaeological excavations in Stara Zagora region started in 1911. Many monuments, connected with the history of the town and the surrounding areas were gathered.

In the end of 1949, the museum was announced to be state museum, and in 1 January 1953 was announced tube regional museum and take the functions of a scientific and methodical center of the museums in the region. Intensive historical research started, the number of the objects in the collections increased, the structure of the museum was established. Planning and rescue excavations of objects were undertaken, and these became world-known. The Azamashka settlement mound, Thracian villa - rustika at Chatalka damp, the Halkolit copper pits in the Mechi kladenets region (Aibunar).

As a result of the research, the Stara Zagora Historical Museum possesses one of the richest pre-historical collection in the world, interesting collections of ancient bronze and ancient glass, numismatic collections of local and imported coins, preserved remnants from more than 30 Thracian chariots. Research of the folklore and customs in Stara Zagora region has been undertaken. Unique materials for the cultural, economical and political life of the town and the vicinities from the Revival period until nowadays have been gathered and preserved in the museum collection - Regional history. .

The museum is to be moved to another building.

Top



"BOMB!!" Copyright (C) 2003-2008 Japan International Cooperation Agency. All Rights Reserved.