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Historical Museum Smolyan

Historical Museum Smolyan

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Corridor: Diagonal Road, Eastern Trans-Balkan Road
Country: Bulgaria, Smolyan
Historical Museum Smolyan

The historical museum in Smolyan is the oldest and the biggest in the Middle Rhodopes. It was founded in 1935 and its aim is to explore, study, preserve and popularise the uniqueness of its artistic value and its historical important heritage of the people, inhabiting the central part of the Rhodopes.
A specially designed buildings house of the museum overlooking both - the old and the new town of Smolyan. It has a panoramic view to the peaks - Karlak, Perelik and Sokolitza, praised in many songs, dedicated to the Rhodope mountain. The exhibition halls present the permanent attractive arranged exhibition "Cultural Heritage of the Rhodopes from Antiquity till Nowadays". They together with vast lobbies for temporary exhibitions occupy an area nearly 2000 m2, at 4 levels.