Museum sites in Veliko Tarnovo to close temporarily on 13 and 16 October
Trapezitsa and four church museums will be closed to visitors on 13 October. Restrictions have also been announced for 15, 16 and 17 October.
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Some museum sites in Veliko Tarnovo will temporarily close to visitors this week. The Regional Museum of History announced changes because of urgent repairs and maintenance by ENERGO-PRO, as well as annual maintenance of the Constituent Assembly Hall.
Tuesday, 13 October
The Trapezitsa architectural and museum reserve and the church museums of Saints Peter and Paul, the Holy Forty Martyrs, Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki and Saint George will be closed to visitors for the entire day.
Friday, 16 October
The Archaeological Museum, the Prison Museum and the Bulgarian Revival and Constituent Assembly Museum will be closed to visitors for the entire day.
Separate restrictions for the Constituent Assembly Hall
The hall in the Bulgarian Revival and Constituent Assembly Museum will also close on Thursday, 15 October, from 13:00 to 15:00, and on Saturday, 17 October, from 09:00 to 18:00.
Visitors and organised groups can plan their routes around these dates. The announcement applies to the listed sites and times.
Source and photograph
Regional Museum of History – Veliko Tarnovo: announcement of 12 October 2026
Archive photograph of Trapezitsa, 2017: Vislupus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Cropped and resized to 1200×675 px by 5000.news. The adapted image is distributed under the same licence.
