History Museum

The regional Archaeological Society “Khan Omurtag” was established in the town in 1927. It set the beginning of museum activity in the town. Its members gathered the first collection of archaeological finds there. In 1975, a permanent exposition was established in the newly built community center in Isperih. In 1978, the collection became a branch of the Regional Historical Museum in Razgrad, and in 1984, the branch obtained the statute of an independent museum.

Nowadays the museum possesses more than 30,000 exponents, as well as an ethnographic house, a reception center and archaeological bases in the Historical, and Archaeological Reservation “Sboryanovo”, and a windmill in the village of Belintsi.

The permanent exposition is situated in the building of the community center “Saznanie” in the center of the town, on an area of 180 square meters. It traces the history of the town of Isperih from antiquity to the present day with the help of archaeological and ethnographic materials, documents, pictures and personal belongings of famous people from the town and the municipality.

The Art Gallery is a branch of the Historical Museum in Isperih and possesses a rich picture fund.

One of the most interesting sites of the Historical Museum is the Historical and Archaeological Reservation of Sboryanovo, declared in Issue 96 of the State Gazette of 1988. Until now, over 140 archaeological sites from various historical periods have been registered in the reservation. The most impressive ones are the Sveshtarska Royal Tomb, Demir Baba Tekke, Getae Capital of Helis, Kamen Rid Sanctuary and the Early Medieval Locality of Byuven Kasaba.

The most significant find in the region is the Sveshtarska Tomb, found in 1982 below Mound No 7 of the East Mound Necropolis of Sboryanovo (Ginina Mogila). It is a unique monument of the Thracian funeral architecture and dates back to the first quarter of the 3rd century BC. As of 1985, it has been included in the list of the global cultural heritage of UNESCO.