Varna Archaeological Museum

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The Varna Archaeological Museum is a major Bulgarian museum renowned for housing the Varna Necropolis treasures, including some of the world’s oldest known worked gold artifacts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological museum
museum
architecturalStyle Neo-Renaissance
buildingUsed former Girls’ High School of Varna
city Varna
collectionType archaeology
art
history
continent Europe
country Bulgaria
foundedBy Hermann Škorpil
Karel Škorpil
hasCollectionSize over 100000 artifacts
hasEducationalActivity guided tours
lectures
school programs
hasExhibitionType permanent exhibition
temporary exhibitions
hasFocusPeriod Antiquity
Bulgarian National Revival
Middle Ages
Ottoman period
Prehistory
hasResearchActivity archaeological research
conservation of artifacts
hasWebsite http://www.archaeo.museumvarna.com/
holdsCollection Ancient Greek artifacts
Medieval Bulgarian artifacts
Roman artifacts
Thracian artifacts
Varna Necropolis artifacts
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inception 1888
languageOfName Bulgarian
locatedIn Northeastern Bulgaria
Varna
Varna Province
nativeName Varna Archaeological Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Варненски археологически музей
near Black Sea coast
notableFor Varna Archaeological Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Varna Necropolis treasures

world’s oldest known worked gold artifacts
operatedBy Bulgarian Ministry of Culture
region Black Sea region of Bulgaria
subjectOf tourism in Varna

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Varna hasLandmark Varna Archaeological Museum
Roman Thermae of Odessos near Varna Archaeological Museum
Varna Archaeological Museum notableFor Varna Archaeological Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Varna Necropolis treasures
Varna Archaeological Museum nativeName Varna Archaeological Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Варненски археологически музей