Museum of the Revival and Constituent Assembly — Attraction in Veliko Tarnovo

Located in a huge Ottoman style house it hosts an impressive collection of icons from the 18th and 19th century which alone fully deserves the entry fee of 6 leva. The rest of the exhibits are a bit of a mess, this is one of those Communist style museums that doesn't know what it wants to be: ethnographic, history or art museum. Some of the tags are in English but not that many. The upper floor has a reconstruction of the benches in the first parliament after the country gained independence. A lot of space is not used, the story is not focused and it smells old. House itself is worth seeing, staff stayed out of my way when I visited, overall...

Within a former Turkish town hall built in 1872, this is where Bulgaria’s first National Assembly was held to write the country’s first constitution in 1879. The ground floor charts administrative and daily life in Veliko Târnovo from the 15th to 19th centuries, using costumes, books and photos, building up to the Bulgarian National Revival. The former assembly hall, upstairs, displays portraits of local personalities, while the basement has old photos and some valuable icons. It is also a very beautiful building built by the famous...

An interesting museum that you should visit. You can see in the ground floor among other, the historical persons and moments from the rebellion against the Turks. In the first floor you can see history and development of culture and education and the place where the parliament was, and to the basement an amazing collection of old christian...