Balkan Heritage Foundation
Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF), Bulgaria is a non-profit cultural organization with a mission to support the study, protection, management and utilization of cultural heritage in SE Europe and adjacent regions.

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MOSAIC TOUR IN PLOVDIV
Follow the mosaic tour created by the Balkan Heritage Foundation on the newly designed website.

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BEMA Online Seminars
Follow our series of online lectures in archaeology, anthropology, heritage conservation and management centered on the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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MA Program in Balkan & Eastern Mediterraean Archaeology
Check out our online master’s program in partnership with New Bulgarian University.

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Balkan Heritage Field School
Enrollment for the BHFS Season 2023 is now open!

All students enrolled in Season 2020, postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic, will receive a notification by email with further instructions how to re-enroll.

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PRESERVING THE ALEXANDROVO TOMB
Balkan Heritage Foundation in collaboration with National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Science, Haskovo Regional Museum of History and Sofia University’s Faculty of History launched a program for study, preservation and communication of the frescoed Thracian tomb at risk.

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Balkan Heritage Foundation, established in 2008

Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF), Bulgaria is a non-profit cultural organization operating in the area of cultural heritage research, preservation, communication, management and education. Since its establishment in 2008 the Foundation has been active in Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

In all of BHF’s work we seek to apply excellence and innovation, to build understanding and appreciation as well as to develop community-driven partnership, and inclusive collaborations. The BHF serves: local communities, international scholars and heritage specialists & keepers, students and connoisseurs from around the globe.

Programs

Our Heritage

Through the “Our Heritage” Program the Foundation conducts or supports projects in the field of archaeology, conservation and restoration of cultural properties, digital heritage as well as cultural heritage management and communication.

ADVOCACY & COMMUNITY SERVICE

Campaigns for raising public awareness, development of policies, strategies and plans for preservation of cultural heritage, community service activities & camps and volunteer exchanges – they all fall under the “Advocacy & Community Service” Program.

Education

The oldest program of the Foundation is “Education” covering trainings and field schools in archaeology and heritage conservation, a master’s program in Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology, and Fulbright exchange for students and researchers.

Meetings & Events

Within the “Meetings & Events” Program of the Foundation are organized and implemented exhibitions, conferences, online seminars, public lectures and other events to communicate and promote the Balkan cultural heritage, to disseminate knowledge about it and to back up the Foundation’s cultural policies.

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The Relationship between Skeletons, Trade, and Migration at the Ancient Greek Black Sea Colony of Apollonia Pontica (7th-3rd centuries BCE)

In the BEMA Online Seminar on December 9, 2023 Dr. Katharine Kolpan, will talk about "The Relationship between Skeletons, Trade, and Migration at the Ancient Greek Black Sea Colony of Apollonia Pontica (7th-3rd centuries BC) ".

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BCT HUBS MEETING TAKES PLACE IN SOFIA, BULGARIA

Today concluded the second international seminar of the Blue Culture Technology Excellence Hubs in EU Widening Member States (BCT Hubs) project, which took place in Sofia on 7-8 November. The event was organized by the Balkan Heritage Foundation and the Center for Underwater Archaeology.

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International training “Creating Management Plans for Conservation of Immovable Heritage”

On September 04, 2023, the Balkan Heritage Foundation, the Municipality of Kazanlak, Bulgaria and the Kazanlak History Museum “Iskra” welcomed ten participants to the international training “Creating Management Plans for Conservation of Immovable Heritage” funded by UNESCO.

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The BHF Supports The Reopening Of The Museum Exhibition At Aladzha Rock-hewn Monastery Near Varna, Bulgaria

On July 20, 2023, the Varna Regional Historical Museum reopened the renovated museum exhibition at one of its major archaeological sites, the Aladzha Monastery, thanks to financial support from the Ministry of Culture and the Balkan Heritage Foundation.