
Working time and entrance tickets
Working time:
Opening hours of the History Museum Petrich central exposition hall:
Monday – Saturday, from 10:00 till 17:00
Sundays with preliminary request
Non-working Days during the year: 1 January;
Easter Sunday;
Christmas/24–25 December/
Working time of museum’s administration:
Monday – Friday, from 9:00 till 17:00
Еntrance tickets in the Central Exposition Hall:
For individual visitors – 2.00 lv
For students and retirees – 1.00 lv
Free entrance in the Central Exposition Hall:
Every last Monday of the month
Children till six years of age;
For people with disabilities;
Museum contributors.
There is free entrance in all of the museum departments, on the following dates:
3 March – Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Dominion
6 May – Saint George's Day, Bulgarian Armed Forces Day;
24 May – The Day оf Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture.
6 September – Unification Day
22 September – Bulgarian Independence Day
18 May – International Museum Day;
Working time:
Opening hours of the House Museum Vanga:
Every day from 10:00 till 17:00
Non-working Days during the year 1 January; Easter Sunday; Christmas/24–25 December/
Еntrance tickets in the Central Exposition Hall:
For individual visitors – 2.00 lv For students and retirees – 1.00 lv
Free entrance in the House Museum:
On Sirni zagovezni Sunday, seven weeks before Easter; On 11 August – Anniversary of Vanga's death;
There is free entrance in all of the museum departments, on the following dates:
3 March – Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Dominion
6 May – Saint George's Day, Bulgarian Armed Forces Day;
24 May – The Day оf Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture.
6 September – Unification Day
22 September – Bulgarian Independence Day
18 May – International Museum Day;
Working time:
working time for Samuel’s Fortress is:
Summer opening hours (April-September)
Monday to Friday 9:00 till 18:00
Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 till 16:00
Winter opening hours (October-March)
Monday to Friday from 9:00 till 16:00
Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 till 16:00
Non-working Days during the year:
1 January; Easter Sunday; Christmas/24–25 December/
Еntrance tickets in the Central Exposition Hall:
For individual visitors – 2.00 lv For students and retirees – 1.00 lv
Free entrance:
On 29 July, Battle of Kleidion’s anniversary; On 6 October – Anniversary of Tsar Samuel's death;
There is free entrance in all of the museum departments, on the following dates:
3 March – Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Dominion
6 May – Saint George's Day, Bulgarian Armed Forces Day;
24 May – The Day оf Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture.
6 September – Unification Day
22 September – Bulgarian Independence Day
18 May – International Museum Day;
Working time:
Heraclea Sintica is without a day off.
Every day from 10:00 till 17:00
Non-working Days during the year:
1 January; Easter Sunday; Christmas/24–25 December/
Еntrance tickets in the Central Exposition Hall:
For individual visitors – 2.00 lv For students and retirees – 1.00 lv
Free entrance:
On 14 February – Day of the Bulgarian archaeologist.
There is free entrance in all of the museum departments, on the following dates:
3 March – Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Dominion
6 May – Saint George's Day, Bulgarian Armed Forces Day;
24 May – The Day оf Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture.
6 September – Unification Day
22 September – Bulgarian Independence Day
18 May – International Museum Day;