Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian Karst
Type: Museum
Location: Town Chepelare »
In Bulgarian: Музей по спелеология и български карст »
The Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian Karst in town of Chepelare is the only museum of its kind in Bulgaria and one of the few cave museums in Europe. It houses documents, photos, and samples of rock formations from Rhodopean Karst.
The museum was founded in 1980 by Dimitar Raychev (a teacher in biology, prominent and passionate speleologist-researcher of the Rhodopi mountain) with name "Museum of Rhodope karst" and later in 1983 grew into a "Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian karst".
The museum occupies an area of 870m2 and has a set of 9400 main exhibits, additional scientific fund of 7100 objects, a hall for guest exhibits, library with 730 volumes of scientific literature, laboratory and conference room with 60 seats. Exposure to the museum are grouped into the following sections: "Mineralogy, Geology and petrography," "Surfaces and secondary karst forms," "Biospeleology" "Cave Paleontology" and "Cave Archaeology."
Address of Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian Karst: 9а, "Shina Andreeva" str (the building of the Hotel Peshternyak) , town of Chepelare
The museum was founded in 1980 by Dimitar Raychev (a teacher in biology, prominent and passionate speleologist-researcher of the Rhodopi mountain) with name "Museum of Rhodope karst" and later in 1983 grew into a "Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian karst".
The museum occupies an area of 870m2 and has a set of 9400 main exhibits, additional scientific fund of 7100 objects, a hall for guest exhibits, library with 730 volumes of scientific literature, laboratory and conference room with 60 seats. Exposure to the museum are grouped into the following sections: "Mineralogy, Geology and petrography," "Surfaces and secondary karst forms," "Biospeleology" "Cave Paleontology" and "Cave Archaeology."
Address of Museum of Speleology and Bulgarian Karst: 9а, "Shina Andreeva" str (the building of the Hotel Peshternyak) , town of Chepelare
