Archaeological Museum Burgas — Attraction in Burgas

We loved this museum. As you move through the museum it tells a story of the Eastern Balkans starting from the copper age through the middle ages. There are many artifacts to go along with the story. The displays are all well documented in Bulgarian and in English. We thought that the collection of coins that were minted in the area was probably the highlight. Some are in amazingly good condition. We even learned something new about amphoras, which is hard to believe. Plan to spend about an hour if you need through all the...

As someone accustomed with ancient history the contents of this exhibition are very interesting. However the way these contents are presented really could be more attractive. It lacks character or interactive elements. The exhibition is not big. If you read all of the text, which gets really weary to be honest, you can take in all of it in about 20 minutes.

I would recommend this to people with intrinsic interest in ancient (European) history who don't mind reading a...

I saw this museum for 10 leva which included a tour of four museums in Burgas. The gold collection itself is wonderful enough to deserve that price!! This is one of the best museums in Bulgaria: has a new look, very unlike the typical communist ones, allows photos of items, it tells a story and it has detailed descriptions of the artefacts in English, doesn't get better than that. Congratulations to the curators and to the city of Burgas for...