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01. Descriere

The history of this museum began in the year1968, when the first two collections, the historical and the artistic one, were set up within the “Probuda” Culture House.  On May 20, 1986, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Chiprovtsi uprising, the creation of the Chiprovtsi History Museum was announced, and the already existing collections were transferred to the City History Museum. Nowadaysthe museum exhibitions are presented onto sections, located in different thematic rooms: Metal extraction, Gold School, 17th Century History, Carpet Hall and Renaissance Art.  There is also an ethnographic exhibition, as well as the only collection in Bulgaria with plants from which paint for wool and carpets is produced.

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