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Hristo Botev was born in Kalofer in 1848. A museum, dedicated to him, was built in Kalofer, which stores, preserves and displays the personal belongings, documents, publications and works of the Bulgarian artist, along with other materials, associated with the life and work of Hrosto Botev, his family and his comrades.
The museum is one of the most visited museum sites in Bulgaria.
The national museum “Hristo Botev” was built at the place, where the last house of the Botev family used to be. The museum complex is situated in the center of the town of Kalofer, in Boteva Gradina (Botev Garden) park. It includes several objects – a memorial museum house, an exhibition hall, a monument of Hristo Botev since 1930 and a monument of Ivanka Boteva – the mother of the poet.
The memorial museum house is a one-storey building with a large veranda. The setting in it was recreated to look like the one in which Botev grew up. Original exhibits are the sewing machine and the spinning wheel of his mother Ivanka.
In 1973 in the memorial museum house opened a new exhibition hall of the Hristo Botev museum. It was completely renovated in 2008 to commemorate the 160th anniversary of Hristo Botev's birth. The new exposition shows in detail, with photos and pictures, the course of life and the work of Botev. Here visitors can see the only preserved personal belongings of Botev – his pocket watch and his desktop accessories. His printing press is also shown – it printed some of Botev's issues of Zname gazette and the first issue of his last gazette called New Bulgaria.
Availability for visits: Paid, all year round, available guide
Transport accessibility: Road, rail way to Burgas and Sofia
Tourist infrastructure: hotels, restaurants, shops, Tourist Information Centre
