The Museum of Folk Crafts and Applied Arts in Troyan

The beginning of the museum work in Troyan was laid in 1924 by the teacher and local historian Vasil Iliev Lingorski, author of the first history of the town. In 1933 the Popular Bank of Troyan arranged a "Permanent Crafts Exhibition" in the town, which was the forerunner of today's Museum of Folk Arts and Crafts. It was arranged in the most modern way for its time. A "Catalogue of Troyan Handicrafts" of high artistic quality was also published, which can be considered the first advertising publication of the Museum. In 1962, the first Theoretical Conference on the State and Development of Folk Crafts was organized in Troyan under the patronage of the Institute of Fine Arts at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The most representative building of the town, the old school, was designated as the home of the new museum. In 1966, the creative base of the museum, known as the "Atelier of the Troyan Masters", was established. The museum currently maintains several expositions: the Main Exposition, the Open Air Exposition, the Lapidarium, the Konak, and the Ivan Hadjiiski House site.