Naval Museum - Varna

Address:	"Primorski" Blvd. No. 2 Varna 9000 Varna District Bulgaria
TEL:	International Dialing Code: 359 (0)52-632-018: Director, Office
Fax:	(0)52-632-018: Director, Office
E-mail:	mus_maritime@abv.bg
URL:	-

Opening Hours Admission Access Town Info Exhibitions Info Museum History

Exhibitions

Others- "Chronology of Bulgarian Naval History"

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Opening Hours

Open	Summer Time: 10:00 - 18:00 Winter Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Closed	Summer Time: Sunday Winter Time: Saturday and Sunday

Others

Admission

Adult	2.00 lv.
Student	1.00 lv.
Child	Up to 7 years old	free
Others	• Active military: free • Handicapped: free • Senior: 1.00 lv.

Guide/Lecture	• Bulgarian	10.00 lv.
Guide/Lecture	• English • Russian	10.00 lv.

Others

Access to Museum

From nearby Regional Center to Town

From Bus Station/Railway Station in Town

The museum is situated in the Sea Garden , near the center of the town and the railway station. From there, the museum is within walking distance. From the bus station take bus to the railway station.

Town Information

Varna is the biggest port as well as the tourist and cultural center along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, which was founded at the end of 6th c. BC. In the Archaeological museum you can see one of the most ancient gold treasures in the world that were discovered in the Varna necropolis (4,500 BC). The Aquarium, Dolphinarium and Sea Garden give an additional aspect of sea to the town. The famous rock Aladja Monastery is located 14 km away from Varna.

View of Varna

Exhibitions Information

Number of Collection	more than 100,000
Exhibition Area	360 m²

The indoor exhibition of the Naval museum occupies an area of 360 m². With the help of selected exhibits, pictures, and documents, the history of the Bulgarian navy is shown from its foundation in 1879 to present. The visitors could see original ship remains like ancient anchors, figure-heads, sailors' and officers' uniforms, scale models, flags, and insignia of honour. In the open-air exhibition, you can see the the legendary ship "Druski," torpedo-boat, sailing-boat, and collections of mines, cannons, and anchors.

Ship-Museum "Drazki"

View of the open-air exhibition

Museum History

The sailing-boat "Cor Carolis"

The figure-head of prince's yacht "Alexander I"

Scale models of ships in one of the museum halls

Year of Establishment	1923
Founder	Officers of the Navy

The collection of marine antiquities began in 1883 on the initiative of Russian officers, serving in the Bulgarian Navy. The public organization "Bulgarian National Maritime Association" made the first exhibition of the Naval museum, which was opened on 20th of May 1923. Since 1955 the museum has become part of the Ministry of Defence as a branch of the National Museum of Military History. The building in which it is located, built in the end of 19th century, is an architectural monument.

The funds of the museum collect more than 100 thousands of objects, pictures, and documents of not only the naval history, but also of merchant navigation, shipbuilding, and ports. The museum also posseses works of art with sea themes. The museum has a rich specialized library.