Petrich Museum: Linking the Present to the Past Times

The historical museum – Petrich is relatively new, created in 2006 on the basis of the museum collection in 1966. Today, the Historical Museum – Petrich has more than 18 000 museum exhibits, completed in four departments: Archeology, Ethnography, Bulgarian lands XV-XIX century, New and recent history, Vanga exhibition and Samuilova krepost . Particularly impressive is the presentation of archeology, based on the discoveries of Heraclea Sintica. There are 3 400 exhibits, among them the emperor Galerius’ honored edict from 308, a unique collection of theatrical masks and terracotta figures from II – III century; clay idols (VI th century BC); collective find of terracotta figures of III century, numismatic collection from VI century BC to KC century and others. Heraclea Sintica is 10 km away. from Petrich, on the southern slope of the extinct Kojuh Volcano. Discoveries are restored and preserved. At the moment, these are the northern part of the forum, a civilian basilica and part of the fortress wall.