Priceless Thracian treasures, an elegant monument to Bulgarian revolutionary Hristo Botev and a... scaled model of a nuclear power plant: saying that Regional History Museum Vratsa is full of surprises would not be exaggeration.

Located in a maze-like purpose-built Britalist building in centre town, the museum is a sight of interest in its own right. Its halls tell the story of the region from prehistory to modern times with focus on the treasures left by the ancient Thracians, the life in the town in the 15th-19th centuries, and the first half of the 20th century, and the fate of Hristo Botev and his men who tried to raise a rebellion against the Ottomans here in 1876. 

The museum strives to establish itself as an institution open to the changes of times that appeals to modern visitors, so some of its exhibition rooms were recently renovated: the ones dedicated to Vratsa treasures and the Rogozen Treasure, the atmospheric First Atomic room dedicated to NPP Kozloduy, and a hall with exhibits made of paper.

Visit for:

• the enigmatic prehistoric plate found at Gradeshnitsa village. Some believe that it depicts one of the oldest scripts in the world
• the breath-taking gilt grieve with a mesmerising depiction of the Thracian Great Goddess
• the gold funeral wreath found in a mound in town
• the scores of silver cups and jugs from the Rogozen Treasure
• the exciting First Atomic room dedicated to Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant
• the old mansions of Ethnography Revival Period Compound St Sofroniy of Vratsa (3 David Todorov St)
• the exposition of carts manufactured in Vratsa between the late 19th century and the early 20th century - an astonishing glimpse in transportation before cars 

https://vratsamuseum.com