Award for the exhibition "La Belle Rose". The mystical power of the little flower"

On the 20th and 21st of October, the next edition of the "Fair of Museum Exhibitions" was held in the Theater Complex "Profitable Building" in Ruse.
The prize for institutions presenting an attractive and original project was won by the National History Museum and Iskra History Museum - Kazanlak. The award is for a mobile exhibition, in the category Joint exhibitions - "La Belle Rose." The mystical power of the little flower".

An exhibition for which everyone involved worked with all their hearts and the result is more than good. We thank the colleagues from Iskra Historical Museum - Kazanlak: Dr. Momchil Marinov and Radoslav Petkov; who introduced us to their treasure house full of priceless exhibits and memories of the birth and rise of rosé production. The heart of the exhibition was Dr. Petranka Nedelcheva, who infected everyone with her love for Kazanlak and its history with a breath of roses. Dr. Ralitsa Katsova is the person who recreated the subtle abatok style of the exposition and breathed new life into the authentic stand of the merchant Shipkov, which, in addition to conquering America with its high-quality rose oil, was also the occasion for Aleko Konstantinov to meet the prototype of Bai Gagno and to create this classic literary image, alive to this day. Teresa Yovcheva and Mihaela Zaneva dug through all available written sources to reconstruct the fascinating history of rose oil in Bulgaria, and Mihail Vaklinov was the invaluable technical, logical and logistical support without which we would not have done so well.
Last but not least, we should mention Petar Stefanov and Dimitar Vasilev, who helped with ideas throughout the process, and Mitko gave a great presentation at the exhibition at the fair and accepted the award on behalf of the team.

We can't wait to embark on the next adventure back in time and make you empathize. 🙂