The Balkan Heritage Foundation and the National Library “Ivan Vazov” in Plovdiv present “Documentation and Conservation of Historic Bookbinding Collections” led by Dr. Nikolas Sarris. The seminar will take place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in the period March 20 – 24, 2023.
The current publication presents twelve examples of ancient and contemporary mosaic art in the city of Plovdiv. The mosaics are part of the “Mosaic tour of Plovdiv” that was created in 2021 by the Balkan Heritage Foundation with the financial support of the Municipality of Plovdiv. The tour is the first of its kind to have been created by the Balkan Heritage Foundation in Bulgaria and aims to bring mosaic artistic heritage to a wider audience.
In the BEMA Online Seminar on October 15, 2022 Stefan Palitov Extended reality, film and cultural practitioner and researcher, will talk about “Immersive technologies for cultural heritage”.
The Balkan Heritage Foundation and Sofia History Museum partnered together to introduce the first in a series of RTI courses for museum curators. The training took place in Sofia in the period Septemver 12 – 16, 2022.
The Balkan Heritage Foundation is launching a new initiative “Cultural Welcome” and a fundraising campaign in support of Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria.
Regional History Museum Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria and the Balkan Heritage Foundation held the opening of the 5th exhibition “Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future” on May 14, 2022!
The Balkan Heritage Foundation and National Institution Stobi received a grant award of $300,000 from the J.M. Kaplan Fund, USA for the conservation of the “Theodosian Palace” in the ancient city of Stobi, North Macedonia.
In the BEMA Online Seminar on January 04, 2022 Dr. Kroum Batchvarov will talk about the Kitten shipwreck located on the Western Black Sea coast and discuss shipbuilding and seafaring during the Ottoman period.
Alexander Manev (Ph.D. Candidate at NAIM-BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria) presented the results from the excavations of the Roman Road Station Bona Mansio in North-Western Thrace, situated on the main road Via Diagonalis.