Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dear colleagues, On the occasion of the bright Christian holiday of Christmas and the upcoming New Year, please accept our warmest congratulations and good wishes. May Christmas bring health, warmth, peace and hope to your homes, and may the New Year be filled with inspiration, professional success and confidence in the meaning of our common mission – the preservation, research and promotion of cultural heritage.…

“Women Carry the World” in the Etar

The Regional Ethnographic Open-Air Museum “Etar” presents the travelling exhibition “Women Carry the World” — a striking collection of 42 photographs by the American visual artist Lekha Singh. The series celebrates the strength, dignity, and resilience of women across the globe. The exhibition is being shown in Bulgaria for the first time. For more than twenty-five years, Lekha Singh has traveled across all continents, documenting human…

RAM Plovdiv opened its renovated exhibition

On 20.11.2025, RAM – Plovdiv publicly presented the results of a project financed by the Ministry of Culture. The project, titled “Renovation of the permanent exhibition of RAM – Plovdiv and introduction of modern technologies for working with audiences”, was implemented for 12 months. As part of the project, three halls were renovated, a new audio guide with differentiated content for adults and children was…

Heart Paintings in the Pyrgos Tower

The exhibition is organised with the assistance of the RHM “Academician Yordan Ivanov” Kyustendil in the ancient Pyrgos Tower (15th century) and is the first in a series of solo exhibitions in the country and abroad by the artist Stanislav Bozhankov on the occasion of his 60th anniversary. Stanislav Bozhankov is an author who, in a unique and inimitable way, transforms and interprets the space…

Payment of membership fees for 2026

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION “BULGARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ICOM” NOTICE re: payment of membership fees for 2026 and receiving stamps DEAR MEMBERS, Payment of membership fees for the upcoming year 2026 is open and will continue until January 15, 2026 incl. It is made only by bank transfer in Bulgarian leva (BGN) (until December 31, 2025 incl.) or in euros (EUR) (from…

Online registration for the conference in Dubai

The countdown is on! In just one week, museum professionals from around the world will gather in Dubai for the 27th ICOM General Conference 2025. The first lineup of speakers, keynote speakers, and mentors has been revealed, with more exciting announcements to come each week as we approach the event. You can now explore the outline of the conference programme on the ICOM Dubai 2025…

Presentation of the book “Mosaic of the Past of Stara Zagora”

Behind the book “Mosaic of the Past of Stara Zagora” are many years of work, curiosity and research from various sources of the events that are presented in it. This was said by its scientific editor, Prof. Sofia Vasileva, PhD, on the occasion of the premiere of the second supplemented edition of the collection, which took place at the National Library “St. St. Cyril and…

“Mosaic of the Past of Stara Zagora” – second and expanded edition

Dear friends, On October 14, 2025, Tuesday, at 6:00 PM in Sofia, in the lobby of the second floor of the National Library “St. Cyril and Methodius”, the second expanded edition of the collection “Mosaic of the Past of Stara Zagora” by authors Svetla Dimitrova and Snezhana Marinova will be presented. Professor Sofia Vasileva will speak about the book and the authors. The book contains…