Art museums in Plovdiv

The Art Gallery & Museum Philippopolis is an art gallery that holds a private art collection, that includes works from the classical Bulgarian Revival period to works by renown contemporary artists. The museum is housed in a restored house of Hadji Aleko Tzvetkov that was originally built in 1865.

The Regional Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv is a history museum in Plovdiv that holds a collection of over 100.000 artefacts related to the history of the city and its region. The history of Plovdiv goes back to being the biggest and most famous ancient town in the Balkan Penninsula: Philippopolis

The Balabanov House was built in the 19th century by wealthy merchant and usurer, member of the tailors’ guild, Hadji Panayot Lampsha and ended up in the hands of the merchant of wood Luka Balabanov, whose name the house bears now. It exemplifies the symmetrical houses from the 19th century that wer

Cultural Center-Museum TrakArt is a history museum in Plovdiv. It features 160 square metres “in situ” ancient Roman mosaic from the 3rd - 4th century, an exhibition called 'Glass in ancient art' that illustrates the development of glass manufacturing from the 5th century BC till the 4th century AD,

The Atanas Krastev House Museum is housed in the house of the late Plovdiv mayor Atanas Krastev, still with a dining room, living room, and study. The ground floor of the Museum House of Atanas Krastev features 30 portraits of Krastev, painted by renowned Bulgarian artists. The second floor of the m