On February 14, 2023, Regional History Museum Pazardzhik (Bulgaria) and the Balkan Heritage Foundation held the opening of the sixth exhibition “Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future”. Some of the exhibits were restored with the financial support of Atos Bulgaria Ltd.

Along with the past five exhibitions held in the Archaeological Museum of Septemvri “Prof. Mieczysław Domaradzki”, the Municipal Cultural Institute “Museum Center” Sozopol, the Regional History Museum Sofia in 2019, Varna Regional Museum of History in 2021 and the Regional History Museum Blagoevgrad (2022), the event aims to showcase finds from archaeological and conservation projects in Bulgaria implemented or supported by the Balkan Heritage Foundation through the Balkan Heritage Field School.

The exhibition includes artifacts discovered and restored as a result of the following projects:

• Archaeological survey and field school at Tell Yunatsite, in partnership with the Regional History Museum Pazardzhik

• Archaeological surveys and field schools at the sites: the Neolithic settlement of Ilindentsi and the Bronze Age fortress of Bresto in partnership with the Regional History Museum Blagoevgrad

• Archaeological surveys and field schools at the sites: emporion Pistiros and the Roman road station Bona Mansio, in partnership with the Archaeological Museum “Prof. Mieczysław Domaradzki”, Septemvri

The exhibition will remain at the Regional History Museum Pazardzhik until May 15th, 2023.

Photos: Anton Chalakov