The National History Museum opened the completely renovated hall No. 4 - "Bulgarian lands under Ottoman rule (XV-XIX centuries)"

The National History Museum reopened to visitors the completely renovated Hall No. 4 "Bulgarian lands under Ottoman rule (XV-XIX centuries)", part of its permanent exhibition.

With an official event, in the presence of the Vice-President of the Republic of Bulgaria Mrs. Iliyana Yotova, Associate Professor Dr. Plamen Slavov - Advisor to the President on Culture, Bishop Polykarp of Belogradchik, Vicar of the Metropolitan of Sofia, Prof. Dr. Plamen Mitev from the Faculty of History of SU "Kliment Ohridski" - scientific consultant of the project, directors and representatives of museum institutions in Sofia and the country, colleagues and friends of the National History Museum, hall No. 4, which is dedicated to the history of the Bulgarian lands during the centuries of Ottoman rule, was presented – from the conquest at the end of the 1876th century to the April Uprising of XNUMX and its consequences.

The hall "Bulgarian lands under Ottoman rule (XV-XIX centuries)" of the National History Museum has been renovated with the financial support of the National Fund "Culture" under the program "Program for the restoration and development of state, regional and municipal cultural institutes".

An updated historical museum narrative is presented, in line with the contemporary state of historical science and the requirements of museology. Digital technologies and interactive elements were used, which today are almost a mandatory part of the museum exposition.

The highlight of the renewed part of the permanent exposition of the National History Museum is the profound economic, social, spiritual and political changes of the era of the Bulgarian Renaissance. It was in the years when the Bulgarian people were deprived of their own state that the foundations of modern Bulgarian literature, art, science, political thought and military affairs were laid. Within the framework of the Ottoman Empire, the Bulgarians formed their own national elite, which led them on the path of cultural, church and state independence. The exhibits in the hall tell the story of the popular uprising in that era and the dramatic events that followed the attempts of the Bulgarians to win their freedom with arms in hand.