2013 12 Jul

EMO “ETAR”

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A tour to the outdoor ethnographic museum “ETARA” near Gabrovo

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Etara is the only one of it’s kind outdoor ethnographic museum in Bulgaria. It is situated at the northern slopes of Stara Planina, 8 km south of Gabrovo. The establishment starts in 1963 with the guidance and the project of Lazar Donkov, and is officialy opened a year later. The museum is a reconstruction of the bulgarian manners, culture and craftsmanship. Building  the museum is accomplished with three different methods: restoration of objects found at that place; transporting original installations from other places and replication buildings from original.

The size of the museum is 7ha , where is the unique exposition of architectural samples, residential interiors, different acting workshops – 50 objects total. The idea of the exposition is to reveal the manners, architecture and history of Gabrovo and the region during the Renascence (18-19 century).

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