Register for the 27th ICOM General Conference

  Registration for the ICOM General Conference 2025 is officially open From 11 to 17 November 2025, museum professionals and cultural leaders from across the globe will gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the most significant event of the international museum community. Held every three years, the ICOM General Conference is a global event in the museum field, bringing together thousands of professionals from…

ICOM Bulgaria and Open-Air Museum – Successful Projects

With the guests in the program, Prof. Svetla Dimitrova, PhD – President of ICOM Bulgaria and Director of REMO ETAR Gabrovo and Tihomir Tsarov – Public Relations of the Open-Air Museum and journalist, the host Ani talked about the Bulgarian National Committee of the International Council of Museums (BNC of ICOM). The story about the museum, which began last year, continued. The Code of Ethics,…

Three museums, members of ICOM, present an exhibition, dedicated to the urban way of life.

The exhibition “The Everyday life and style – ethnography of the towns”, which can be visited  in the Regional Ethnographic open-air Museum “Etar”, shows the encroachment of the urban style into the life of the Bulgarians. This happened first in Rousse and Plovdiv, and a little later, together with the development of industry also in Gabrovo. The exhibition displays items from the everyday life, both…

Invitation to ICOM Bulgaria’s 2025 Extraordinary General Assembly

TO THE MEMBERS OF NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION “BULGARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ICOM” INVITATION for participation in a regular General Assembly of the members of the non-profit association “BULGARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ICOM” DEAR MEMBERS OF THE NGO “BULGARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ICOM”, TheBoard of the NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION “BULGARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF ICOM” Sofia, EIK: 176346664, on the basis of Art. 26 of the Law on Non-Profit…

The Polytechnic Museum invites all ladies on March 8th

On March 8th, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the National Polytechnic Museum invites all ladies to visit the museum’s exhibition without an entrance ticket! What can they find with us? Exhibits that make women’s work easier – the collection includes household appliances and mechanisms that revolutionized women’s everyday life – manual coffee and nut grinders, alcohol irons, noodle cutting and ice cream making…

Exhibition dedicated to the Kyustendil Operation to Save the Jews

In connection with the anniversary of the Kyustendil Operation to save the Bulgarian Jews from the death camps – March 9, 1943, the second level of the Dimitar Peshev House Museum will host an exhibition by the Kyustendil artist Stanislav Bojankov. “The current exhibition shows works from several cycles of particular importance to me. And not only because they run through my entire presence and…

Upcoming Online Discussions

Dear members of the the BNC of ICOM, You have the opportunity to join two interesting online discussions. The first is on the 4th, 5th, 6th of March and is dedicated to the organisation’s digital resources, and the second – on the 17th of March, is related to a change in the Code of Ethics. Information about both can be found on the ICOM website.…