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A city of 200,000 people, Burgas is the second largest among all other Bulgarian cities touching the coast of Black Sea. It is fourth largest in the country that comes only after Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. There are several commercial flights to Burgas. This makes it quite accessible to the tourists and casual visitors alike.

The Regional Historical Museum located in Burgas is the largest museum toward the southeastern part of Bulgaria. The museum was built in 1912 for preserving items of archaeological interest. It was built for more private reason than public by the Burgas society for archeology called Debelt. Debelt consists of a set of pleaders and intellectuals dedicated to recreating and carrying out research on the past history of Burgas. Hristo Bogoev is the 1st first chairman of Debelt. He also happens to be the governor of Burgas. Paul Vodenicharov is the 1st director of archeological museum.

Right from its inception the till 30 years of its existence the museum has collected several unique and valuable ethnographic and archaeological items of historical significance. It was only during 1946 that the members handed over the museum to the Burgas municipality and was renamed as the Peoples Museum of Burgas. The museum has well laid out artifacts that were uncovered locally. Some of them belong to the Bronze era and there are others belonging to Romans.

Ivan Galabov took on the responsibility of being the director of the museum as he was a young archaeologist and scholar and was considered to be the right choice for the position. He continued to be the director from 1918 to 1978. He brought a new dimension to the museum by introducing a section for modern science. Later on, he became a professor at the University of Veliko Turnovo St. Cyril and St. Methodius and the Universities in Salzburg and Vienna.

During 1953 the museum was extended and changed into a Regional Directorate for Cultural and historical heritage. After this transformation the museum has been dedicated to study and research of Burgas heritage more passionately than ever. This decision gave the museum a further push in to exploring the authenticity of the items that were being displayed since it was now being funded by the state.

The staff of the museum was also much more qualified and this gave a scientific approach to various functions performed by them. They were internationally acclaimed scientists carrying out active research which was linked to the tourism industry to enable Burgas to gain international presence.

During Winters the museum remains open from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and during Summers from Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.