| Exhibitions |
| Others- "Textile Technology" |
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| Opening Hours |
| Open |
Summer Time: 08:30 - 12:00, 12:30 - 17:00
Winter Time: 08:00 - 12:00, 12:30 - 16:30 |
| Closed |
Saturday and Sunday |
Others |
Group visits during closing hours: possibile with appointment |
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| Admission |
| Adult |
3.00 lv. |
| Student |
1.00 lv. |
| Child |
Up to 7 years old |
free |
| Others |
• Active military: free
• Handicapped: free |
| Guide/Lecture |
• Bulgarian
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5.00 lv. |
• English |
5.00 lv. |
Others |
• Demonstration: 5.00 lv.
• Guide with demonstration for a student group: 8.00 lv. |
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| Access to Museum |
| From nearby Regional Center to Town |
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| From Bus Station/Railway Station in Town |
| Take trolley bus No. 1 to the centre of the town, and then take bus No. 5, 6, 7, or 21 to the museum. |
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| Exhibitions Information |
| Number of Collection |
3,300 |
| Exhibition Area |
550 m² |
The permanent exhibition of the museum is exhibited in 8 halls on 2 floors.These halls are divided into 27 sections where demonstrations are shown. The exhibition is in such a manner to represent the historical periods of the emergence, development and the achievements of the textile technique, technology and machine-building in chronological order.
The exhibition includes the two oldest textile productions: classical textile production and knitting production. Each of them is displayed in two main sections such as the manual production and machine-factory production.
The exhibition in the manual production demonstrates appliances, techniques, and technologies that have been used in the household, craftsmanship, and manufacture in Bulgarian lands in the period from 7,000 BC to the end of 19-th c.
The machine-factory production represents the periods of the development of our textile industry according to raw materials used, equipments, machines, and different forms of organizations during the production processes. |
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Hall "Machine-Factory Production"
Hall "Textile Crafts"- cog-wheels for woolen braids, end of 19th c.
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| Museum History |
Self-actinig machine, Germany, 1937
Vertical warp-weighted loom, reconstruction
Technology "Prenomit-PE 3"- machine for fancy yarns, Bulgarian invention, 1977
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| Year of Establishment |
1984 |
| Founder |
- |
The museum is founded on the occasion of the 150-th anniversary of the Bulgarian industry in 1984. It is a branch of the National Polytechnic museum- Sofia , and it is the first permanent scientific and technical exhibition in Bulgaria .
The building in which the museum is located is the first textile school in Bulgaria , and it is situated on the former production grounds of the State Broadcloth Factory from the time of D. Zelyazkov. The building was constructed in 1906 and is registered as an architectural monument of culture.
The museum possesses a specialized library with Bulgarian and foreign books of technique and technology of the textile production and scientific archives.
At the exhibition, the museum provides specialized lessons and lectures devoted to the economic history of Bulgaria- crafts, manufacture, industrial production, and etc.
The museum is a member of the European textile network from 1998.
The museum offers a shop with hand-made textile souvenirs and a coffee shop in the yard of the building.
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