Archaeological Museum

Burgas, Bulgaria

Archaeological Museum is the oldest museum in Burgas, Bulgaria, preserving the cultural and historical heritage of some of the most ancient towns in the present Bulgarian territory - Sozopol (Apollonia), Nessebar (Messambria), Pomorie (Anhialo) and others.

The museum was established in 1912 as a private museum of the Debelt Archaeological Society.

The exposition presents collections of archaeological findings related to ancient Thrace, the Greek colonies along the Black Sea coast and the time of the Roman Empire.

In the halls of the museum can be seen exhibits found in archaeological research in the entire Burgas region. Here is the earliest statue ever found on the Bulgarian lands and one of the most complete collections of pre-monetary forms in the country and on the Balkans.

References:

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Museums in Bulgaria

Address

Bulevard Aleko Bogoridi 21, Burgas, Bulgaria

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Details

Founded: 1912
Category: Museums in Bulgaria

More Information

en.wikipedia.org

Rating

4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)

User Reviews

Georgij (11 months ago)
A small glimpse of Black sea/Balcan history.

jeremy kalous (2 years ago)
Worth 5 stars. It’s small but an excellent archaeological museum. They have one room dedicated to anthropomorphic clay bone and stone carved statues

Kiril Boyanov (2 years ago)
Very good exhibit with plenty of valuable and intriguing artifacts in a convenient location. Would benefit from something more interactive and a couple of fans on a hot summer day.

Margarita Lazaro (2 years ago)
It's a small but significant museum. The additional exhibition of prehistoric deities was especially rich and interesting.

Finn “Dapno” (3 years ago)
As someone accustomed with ancient history the contents of this exhibition are very interesting. However the way these contents are presented really could be more attractive. It lacks character or interactive elements. The exhibition is not big. If you read all of the text, which gets really weary to be honest, you can take in all of it in about 20 minutes. I would recommend this to people with intrinsic interest in ancient (European) history who don't mind reading a lot of text.

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