The Rousse Regional Historical Museum is one of the 11 regional museums of
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Maced ...
. It acts within the
Rousse
Ruse (also transliterated as Rousse, Russe; bg, Русе ) is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, approximately south of ...
,
Razgrad, and
Silistra regions. The museum occupies the building of the former Battenberg Palace, previously a local court, built 1879–1882 by
Friedrich Grünanger.
The Rousse Regional Historical Museum was established in 1904. Its basis are the archeological collections of Karel and Hermenguild Shkorpil, as well as of the naturalist Vasil Kovachev, which were gathered in the "Knyaz Boris" men's high school of Rousse.
Collection
The museum holds approximately 140,000 items, including:
* prehistoric pottery and idol plastic arts
* the
Borovo Treasure
The Borovo Treasure, also known as the Borovo Silver Treasure, is a Thracian hoard of five matching silver-gilt items discovered in late 1974 while ploughing a field in Borovo, Bulgaria.
The treasure is kept in the history museum at Ruse.
Item ...
of the 4th century BC (a ritual wine set, gold-plated silver)
* the finds of excavations of the antique Danube castles ''Yatrus'' and ''Sexaginta Prista'', and of the medieval Bulgarian city
Cherven
* a collection of medieval frescoes
* a collection of exhibits of traditional lifestyle
* a collection of urban clothing, china, glass, and silver from the end of the 19th — beginning of the 20th century
* personal belongings of notable figures from the struggle for national liberation
* a
numismatic
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects.
Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also inclu ...
collection
* a collection of bones from prehistoric mammals, including a unique lower jaw of a Mammuthus rumanus
* a bronze helmet from 4th–3rd century BC, which it is suggested may have belonged to one of the soldiers of
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip II to ...
. The helmet was contributed in August 2006 by the Bobokovi brothers, major shareholders of the
Prista Oil
Prista Oil ( bg, Приста Ойл) is a Bulgarian company headquartered in the city of Rousse and mainly engaged in the production of 150 kinds of motor oils and industrial lubricants, as well as their distribution, transport and storage, clea ...
company. The time and place where the helmet was found was not publicly revealed.
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The museum features seven full-time exhibitions, three of them being open-air:
* the
Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
The Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo ( bg, Ивановски скални църкви, ''Ivanovski skalni tsarkvi'') are a group of monolithic churches, chapels and monasteries hewn out of solid rock and completely different from other monastery co ...
* the Medieval city of
Cherven
* the
Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lett ...
castle of ''Sexaginta Prista''
Gallery
Image:03-08-2006-Rousse 066.jpg, Front view
Image:Rousse Regional Historical Museum 068.jpg, Front view
Image:03-08-2006-Rousse 069.jpg, A detail of the façade
Notes
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Buildings and structures in Ruse, Bulgaria
History museums in Bulgaria
Museums in Ruse Province
Palaces in Bulgaria