b1_logo.jpgThe Nikola Voivodov Ethnographic and Revival Complex comprises the house where Nikola Voivodov was born and the so-called Captain`s House. The small exposition at the Nikola Voivodov museum house traces the revolutionary activity of Nikola Voivodov, a fighter for the freedom of enslaved Bulgaria. The Bulgarian History Society uses the house as a base.
The Captain`s House recreates the urban interior that a relatively well-to-do family in Vratza could afford in the beginning of the century.

The Sophronius of Vratza Ethnographic and Revival Complex comprises five buildings with the latest expositions of the Museum of History. They trace the condition, diversity and development of the traditional material and spiritual culture of the people of Vratza from mid-19th to early 20th century when that culture was in its authentic element and European influence was not strong yet.

The main exposition of the complex is housed in the Revival school Ascension. It traces popular culture in Vratza district, its ethnic characteristics, the spirit of the epoch and the most typical livelihood in Vratza, the domestic occupations and the cultural and milieu traditions. A new approach has been taken to the arrangement and exposition of the ethnographic material.

Following history chronologically the first storey of the building traces traditional rural culture in its syncretic entirety and dependence on geographic and natural factors, mutual determination and interrelation. The ethnographic processes and phenomena are given a many-faceted treatment on the basis of the four seasons and the traditional calendar associated with them through original exhibits, archive photos, folkloric reverberations and excerpts from the travel books of Bulgarian and foreign travelers.

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