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More than 17,000

The Historical Museum of Velingrad arranges with two expositions:
• Memorial of Vela Peeva
• Ethnography, Tradition, and Culture of People of Chepinski Region.

The museum consists of sections below: Archaeology, Renaissance, Ethnography, Modern and Contemporary History, and Art. In these sections, more than 17,000 of archaeological finds, artifacts from old customs of the people, icons, early printed books, prominent items and records of famous characters, photos, and documents are preserved and investigated.

In 1951, the foundation of present museum collections was established in the Historical Museum of the city from Velingrad's schools, a cultural center and smaller museum. A few months later, these collections were converted into the house museum "Vela Peeva" With a decision of the ministry of culture in 1991, the statutes of the museum were changed and it once again was converted into a h istorical m useum. The Museum underwent special construction during 1982, creating a large and comfortable building for the exhibition hall.

Through more than three decades of its own history, the Museum has been selected among Bulgaria's "100 national historical objects." It is also in the catalogue "Museums of the World," published in Munich , Germany .