Archaeological Museum
Illustration — Picture of Archaeological Museum, Burgas Archaeological Museum is the oldest museum in Burgas, Bulgaria, preserving the cultural and historical heritage of some of the most ancient towns in the present Bulgarian territory - Sozopol (Apollonia), Nessebar (Messambria), Pomorie (Anhialo) and others. Today the Archaeological museum is one of the four expositions in the Regional Historical Museum Burgas. The museum was established in 1912 as a private museum of the Debelt Archaeological Society.
Archaeological Museum

MiremS · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Founded
- Archaeological Museum was established or created in 1912.
- Headquarters
- Archaeological Museum is situated in Bulgaria.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Picture of Archaeological Museum, Burgas Archaeological Museum is the oldest museum in Burgas, Bulgaria, preserving the cultural and historical heritage of some of the most ancient towns in the present Bulgarian territory - Sozopol (Apollonia), Nessebar (Messambria), Pomorie (Anhialo) and others. Today the Archaeological museum is one of the four expositions in the Regional Historical Museum Burgas. The museum was established in 1912 as a private museum of the Debelt Archaeological Society.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Archaeological Museum. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q29787010
In this article
Gallery
Gallery
The exposition presents collections of archaeological findings related to ancient Thrace, the Greek colonies along the Black Sea coast and the time of the Roman Empire. In the halls of the museum there are exhibits found in archaeological research from the entire Burgas region. The museum also contains the oldest statue ever found in Bulgarian lands, and one of the most complete collections of pre-monetary forms in the country and on the Balkans.
• Illustration — Ornaments of the Thracian priestess Leseskepra • Illustration — The oldest statue found in Bulgaria • Illustration — Exposition - shipping in the Black Sea • Illustration — Wooden Roman Ark • Illustration — Wood Boat
Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
Explore 1912
The full dated record · 3 entries
1912
Archaeological Museum established.
1912
Archaeological Museum is recorded from 1912.
1912
Archaeological Museum was established or created in 1912.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Archaeological Museum is situated in Bulgaria.
Country
Archaeological Museum is associated with Bulgaria.
Country
Primary material
Context
The circumstances in which Archaeological Museum stands. Recorded at coordinates 42.4961, 27.4750. Established or created in 1912. Situated in Bulgaria. Located at Burgas. Museum lies within Burgas.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Página oficial del Museo de Historia Regional de Burgas: Monumentos prehistóricos (en búlgaro)
- 2.Página oficial del Museo de Historia Regional de Burgas: Los prismas con signos prescriptivos de Burgas (en búlgaro)
- 3.Página del Municipio de Burgas: museos (en búlgaro)
- 4.Página oficial del Museo de Historia Regional de Burgas: Friso con imágenes de bucráneos y guirnalda (en búlgaro)
- 5.Museo Arqueológico de Burgas, en archeologia.bourgas.org(en búlgaro)
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Institutions
3,152 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Arch of MalborghettoOrganisation
- Archaeological and Palaeontological Museum – El Toll CavesOrganisation
- Archaeological Area of Poggio del MolinoOrganisation
- Archaeological Collection of Agios Andreas on SifnosOrganisation
- Archaeological Museum BanbhoreOrganisation
- Archaeological museum KahramanmaraşOrganisation
- Archaeological Museum of AeginaOrganisation
- Archaeological Museum of Agios NikolaosOrganisation
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Archaeological Museum?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.