Museum
Pernik Regional History Museum

Pernik Regional History Museum was established in 1953 as a public museum. In 1957 the first exhibition was opened . 1959 transformed the District People's Museum, and in 1968 carried out administrative and structural changes and came to be called the County Historical Museum.

The current museum building became so over the years 1971-1973 's and is owned by the Municipality of Pernik. Previously, it has functioned as Mine theater and cinema (30 -40- ies of XX century ) and Miner to 1971 Pernik became a city in 1929 to then is a village with strong industrial character through the brown stone coal. Before 1892 establishes the state enterprise "Mini Pernik ." 1919 in Pernik, a mining professional theater . In 1921-22 , the building was constructed in theater and theater unless it is screened and movies. From 1973 to now, the museum building is not repaired , but the exposure is bent in half after 1991 eliminated material totalitarianism .

He has a general history character following departments: "Archaeology ", " Ethnography ", " Bulgarian history sixteenth - eighteenth century ", " Modern and Contemporary History ", " PR ", " funds". Has a workshop for restoration. Visitors are around 11 thousand a year. In recent years, to organize temporary exhibitions.