Historical museum – Montana

The attempts to preserve the cultural and historical heritage of Montana and the region started in the early 20th century. The historical museum in Montana was founded in 1953. Two years later the house – museum Hristo Mihailov was established in the memory of the revolutionist – patron of the town by that time. For nearly five decades a tremendous amount of work was done for collecting, scientific research and making popular the historical evidences. From 1968 to 1994 continuous archeological excavations were carried out. The researches not only provided new evidences for the development of the town through the Roman age, but they also reported settlers life in the present town’s area from the stone-copper age to the end of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom in 14th century. Researches of the material and the spiritual life on the territory of Montana were carried out through the years. Nowadays the museum has rich collections of movable cultural monuments. The following departments have been formed: Archeology, Ethnography, History of Bulgaria 15th – 19th century, Modern History, Latest History, Funds, Public relations and advertising, Immovable historical monuments. The museum has a workshop for restoration and preservation of antiques, which serves the museum collections of the entire region. There are 621 registered immovable historical monuments of national and local value, which are subject of continuous maintenance. For its over 50 years of existence the museum turned to be an important institution in the town of Montana and the whole region.