Due to the transition to the euro, all branches of the Varna Regional Museum of History will be closed this week.
We will open for visitors after January 12, 2026 with the regular working days and hours for each site and department.
In observance of the Christmas and New Year holidays, all sites of the Regional Historical Museum – Varna will be closed from December 24, 2025, to January 4, 2026. The team at the Regional Historical Museum – Varna wishes you a Merry Christmas and a…
34th edition of Jazz Festival Varna Summer - 01.08.2025 - 03.08.2025 Varna, Archaeological Museum
Program:
August 1st, 2025
Jazz Propaganda Trio / BULGARIA
20:30 - 21:30
Francesco Bearzatti Quartet / ITALY
21:30 - 22:40
August 2nd, 2025
Klein | Mader | Riklis Trio / ISRAEL
19:30 - 21:30
Haezz Trio / AUSTRIA
22:00 - 23:40
August 3rd,…
From May 1 2025, the following museum and sites in the system of Varna Regional Museum of History will operate with summer working hours:
– Archealogical Museum
Working hours: every day from 10:00 to 17:00 (except for official holidays on May 1, 6 and 24)
– Aladzha Monastery
Working…
Call for participation in the first international conference
The Quaestura Exercitus in its Regional Context:
Historical and Archaeological Perspectives
16 – 19 September 2025, Varna, Bulgaria
Organized by:
National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Varna Regional Museum of History
More details in…
As of November 1st, the following museums and sites within the system of the Varna Regional Museum of History will switch to winter hours:
Archaeological Museum
Opening hours: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, closed on Sundays and Mondays
Aladzha monastery
November: 10.00 - 17.00 (holidays: Monday and Tuesday)
December -…
A fully preserved statue - a portrait of a citizen from the Roman era, has been discovered in the city of Varna, Bulgaria
The latest and extremely valuable finding of the Varna Regional Museum of History is a fully preserved marble statue of a prominent…
The anniversary edition includes 50 exhibits from the museum's rich collection, related to the main themes of the exhibition, which showcases the lifestyle and culture of the people in the Varna region from the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the…
As of October 1st, the following museums and sites within the system of the Varna Regional Museum of History will switch to winter hours:
– Archaeological Museum
Opening hours: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM, closed on Sundays and Mondays
– Museum Site "Roman Thermae"
Opening hours: 10:00 AM –…
25 – 28 September 2024, the Archaeological Museum in Varna will host the fourth international PeBA conference devoted to "The Things of Life".
The "Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology" (PeBA) initiative is a network of junior and senior scholars with a research focus on the Bronze and…
Dear Visitors,
During the official holidays on September 6th – Unification Day, and September 22nd – the Independence Day of Bulgaria, out of the sites in the system of the Varna Regional Museum of History, open for visitors will be Aladzha Monastery, the Petrified Forest, and…
Due to complicated fire hazard situation, the Petrified Forest Museum Site will be temporarily closed to visitors.