Konaka Museum
Vidin
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The Historical Museum Vidin, sometimes shortened to Konaka museum (Bulgarian: Музей "Конака"), is located in Vidin, Bulgaria. The museum, founded in 1956, is situated in a former Ottoman konak. The nice building is among the cultural memorials of the region.
Originally the 18th-century building was used as the Home by Osman Pazvanto?lu and later as police office, and the central tower was a lighthouse. After liberation the building was reconstructed and enriched with elements from Bulgarian Renaissance architecture. In 1956, the building was used for a historical weapon show.
The library fond of the museum has over 4600 volumes and serves the museum experts as well as many citizens, students, etc.
Highly qualified staff - historians and philologists take care of the museum funds, preserving over 63 thousand exhibits.
Visitor information
- Address
- ul. "Tsar Simeon Veliki" 13
- Opening hours
- Summer: Monday - Friday: 08:30 - 17:00 Saturday and Sunday: 9:30 - 17:30 Winter: Monday - Friday: 08:30 - 16:30 Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 – 16:30
- Phone
- 094 601 710
- museumvd@mail.bg
- Website
- http://museum-vidin.domino.bg/index2.htm
- Good to know
- Entrance fees: Pupils, students, pensioners - €1.02. Citizens (Bulgarians and foreigners) - €2.05. Family ticket (family with two children) - €5.11. Guide talk - €10.23. Free day - every last Thursday of the month and May 18 - International Museum Day
- Coordinates
- 43.98904, 22.87463 Open in Maps
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