Chief Curator, Head of the Ethnography Department at Varna Regional Museum of History
t_a_t_q_n_a@abv.bg

Field of Scientific Interests:
Traditional holidays and customs of the population in the Varna region; life and culture of the Jewish and Armenian diaspora in Varna; life and culture of sailors’ families in Varna during the socialist period.

Education and Qualifications:
2013 Master’s in Ethnology, “St. Cyril and St. Methodius” University of Veliko Tarnovo, Faculty of History, Department of Modern History
1995-1999 Bachelor’s in Culturology, Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”, specializing in Cultural Management
2015 Expert in Ethnography registered with the Ministry of Culture under Art. 96, para. 4 of the Cultural Heritage Act

Professional Experience:
2022- Chief Curator, Head of the Ethnography Department
1999 – 2021 Curator – Custodian
1985 – 1998 Custodian

Ethnographic expeditions and field studies in the city of Varna and the settlements in the Varna region

Organization of Exhibitions:
Over 100 temporary exhibitions organized in the museum's halls

Selected Exhibitions:
Traveling exhibition “Varna – Queen of the Black Sea”
2023 “Traditional Merry Days of Winter”
2022 “Ritual Breads”
2019 “Donors and Donations”; “Bread and Wine from Antiquity to the Present”
2018 “Welcome White and Red Easter”; “In the World of Photography – at Home”
2007 “Des Thraces aux Ottomans” – Archaeology and Ethnography – Guest exhibition in Paris

Published 42 articles in the field of Ethnology in scientific compilations.