
Ethnographic Museum, city of Varna
One of the most interesting museums of the sea capital of Bulgaria, the Ethnographic museum, is situated in a house belonging to the age of Revival, which was built around 1860. The ethnographic museum was established in 1974.
The museum presents the rich variety in culture and style of life of the population in the Varna region from the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Basic occupations of the population – agriculture and stock-breeding, apiculture, fishing, vine-culture, and the crafts – cooperage, copper-making, furriery and homespun tailoring (manufacturing of a rough woolen fabric) are presented on the first floor of the museum.
One of the most interesting exponents in the museum is the small ancient plough called “dyolmedzha”, used for ploughing of earth in the beginning of the 20th century. Vessels for storing of grain, as well as for preparing of bread are also exposed.
Two labor customs, related to sowing and harvesting are also presented in the exposition.
The exposition on the second floor presents traditional national costumes, which give an idea about the demographic look of the Varna region. The people’s clothes in the settlements in the region differentiate with their great variety, due to the complex migration processes, which happened in the first decades and the end of the 19th century. Traditional costumes of each of the basic geographic groups in the region are presented here – local population and settlers from the Thracian region, Asia Minor and Macedonia. The traditional costumes for the customs – Christmas, Petlyovden, Lazarovden is also presented.
Here you can get familiar with basic elements of the typical Bulgarian wedding – the taking of the bride from her home, a sleigh with gifts, etc.
Information materials and souvenirs are sold in the museum.
Opening hours
From May to October:
10.00 am – 5.00 pm,
From November to April:
10.00 am – 5.00 pm,
Days off – Sunday and Monday
Admission for adults: BGN 4,
children, school students, university students and seniors: BGN 2
Guided tour in Bulgarian language: BGN 20
Discounts for group visits.
Contacts
Ethnographic museum
City of Varna, 22 Panagyurishte Str
Tel: +359 52 630588
e-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.museumvarna.com/
The tourists are attended by tour guides; guided tours are conducted only in Bulgarian language. Printed lectures in English, French, German, Russian, Hungarian and Polish language are offered.
TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER – VARNA
Contacts
Tel: +359 52 608918
Tel: +359 52 608919
e-mail: [email protected]
St. Kiril and St. Metodiy Str., city of Varna
Services
• Information about tourist attractions, transport, cultural, sports, business, entertainment events and products subject to the tourism demand and consumption;
• Information on schedules of various types of passenger transport, taxi services, accessibility to tourist sites, banks, bureaux de change, prices of basic goods and services, emergency phone numbers.;
• Information about museums, monuments and architecture, historical and natural phenomena;
• Distribution of printed and electronic media for shelter, food, entertainment, attractions.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND PRODUCTS:
• Short-term travel;
• Reservations and ticketing for different types of passenger and tourist transport;
• Bookings for accommodation in shelters, including hostels and residences;
• Reservations for visits to restaurants and entertainment in Varna and the region;
• Reservations for cultural and sporting events and activities;
• Organized travel: half-day and full-day excursions in and around the city, excursions into the country and abroad, entertainment events and attractions;
• Supply of transport services and transfers;
• Offering services “rent a car”;
• Gift and souvenir merchandise with nature;
• Travel Literature: teaching, research, travel books, memoirs, fiction and advertising representative;
• Postcards with tourist theme;
• Travel atlases, travel guides, road maps, etc.;.
• Audio and video with tourist-oriented advertising and informational in nature.
-Time in season (May 1 to October 31):
• Monday to Friday – from 9.00 to 19.00;
• Saturday – from 9.00 to 17.00
-Time in the off-season (November 1 to April 30):
• Monday to Friday – from 9.00 to 18.00
• Saturday – a day off.
• Sunday – day off
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