Exhibition: The main building of the museum houses several exhibitions. The Archaeology Section is spread around the Prehistory Hall, the Antiquity Hall, the Middle Ages Hall, the Thracian Treasures Hall, the Rogozen Treasure Hall, and the Lapidarium.

     The finds discovered at Mogilanska Tumulus are displayed in the Thracian Treasures Hall: gold wreath and earrings, a unique gold-plated silver greave, etc. The treasures of Moesia (Bukyovtsi) and Galiche can also be found there. They comprise silver, gold-pleated and gold ritual vessels, applications and plates depicting the Mother Goddess and the Thracian Horseman.

     In 1999 a specially equipped hall was constructed and opened for the Rogozen Treasure - the biggest Thracian treasure that was ever discovered on the territory of Bulgaria. It comprises a family dinner set of 165 gold-pleated items made of silver that belonged to a Thracian royal dynasty. It dates back to the end of the 6th and the 4th centuries BC.

     The open-air exhibition - lapidarium includes the mosaic of Galatin Village, funeral stelae, columns, stone sculptures, epigraphic monuments, and other valuable exhibits.

     The History of Bulgaria 15th-19th Centuries Hall preserves valuable examples of the Vratsa Literary, Icon-Painting, and Goldsmithery School.

     Botev’s Hall is dedicated to the legendary band of poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev (1848-1876) whose heroism marked the epilogue of the April Uprising of 1876 against the Ottoman rule. Among the exhibits visitors will find original photographs and archive materials, the Manifesto for the Declaration of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, volunteer force orders, medals, weapons, etc.

     Services: Museum curators provide lectures in Bulgarian, French, Russian, and Greek. There is a souvenir kiosk on the ground floor of the museum, elevator inside the building for people with special needs.          

     Address: 3000 Vratsa, 2, Hristo Botev Sq.

     Working time: Monday-Friday - 09:00 am - 05:30 pm

                            Saturday-Sunday and official holidays - 09:00 am - 12:00 am, 01:00 pm - 05:30 pm

     Bookings and inquiries:

     Tel: (+359 92) 620 373