In a country and city full of history the archeological museum helps preserve the memory of the numerous cultures which were developed and crossed paths with this land. It’s located in the centre of the city and quite close to the municipality building of Varna and the region. 

The museum was founded in 1887 by the Skorpil brothers. The building that hosts the museum currently is built in a late baroque style on 2 floors. The building was initially built with the purpose of being a maiden school between 1892-1898. Its shape is square with a vast outdoor area. The expositional areas is 2150 sq.m., while the library and the kid museum are separate.

The artifacts are from a wide region of eras as they originate from the paleolithic era (around 100000BC) up until the Middle ages. The biggest mesolithic collections of flint knives in Southeastern Europe, antique terracottas, lamps, and glass dishes. The most valuable artifacts originate from the Varna eneolithic necropol. It was found during building operations in the city’s west industrial zone in 1972. The necropol soon became a sensational finding, the meaning of which goes extensively beyond the limits of the ancient history of modern day Bulgaria. So far a total of 294 graves have been found and the gold items in them are over 3000 and with a combined weight of over 6 kilograms. The gold artifacts are 38 different kinds, copper ones over 160, flint ones are over 230, and 90 are from stone and marble. Around 1100 bracelets, applications, etc. were made from the shells of Mediterranean molluscs.

Apart from the necropol finding the museum hosts unique artifacts from the Elinic, Roman and late antique era. There are over 2000 golden, silver, bronze, and copper coins. In six halls can be found 150 religious icons which is the second biggest collection in Bulgaria after the one in the National historical museum in Sofia.

The Museum has public transport available all around and is a great place to be a pick-up place for a rent a car in Varna. You can also rent a car in Varna through My Rent a Car with a pick-up point from Varna Airport, Varna Centre, Golden Sands, St. St. Constantine and Helena, Sunny day or other points within Varna and visit this great place.