The ethnographic house museum is in the Strandzha village of Brashlyan, an architectural and historical reserve since 1982. The village is about 11 km from Malko Tarnovo, within Strandzha Nature Park.
The house is about 150 years old and keeps its original form — outside and in its room layout. It is a two-storey Revival house with a stone ground floor and a timber upper floor. The exhibition shows the daily life and crafts of Brashlyan from the second half of the 19th to the first half of the 20th century.
The large room on the living floor has the typical stone hearth against the wall, the "badzha". The ground floor, the "dam", once housed the animals and is now a craft room with an authentic loom on which you can try weaving.
Brashlyan has 76 houses listed as architectural monuments, 9 of them of national importance; the oldest is thought to date from the 17th century. Through the efforts of the local Brashlyan society and the village council, the cell school and the chapels were restored and an open-air museum of traditional farming was set up.
Combine with: the cell school (1871) next to St Dimitar’s Church, and the open-air museum with threshing tools, hand mills and implements for working flax and hemp.
Burgas region
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Brashlyan Ethnographic House is located in Burgas, Bulgaria.
Brashlyan Ethnographic House is most easily reached by car. Use the coordinates above to navigate, or open the location in OpenStreetMap or your preferred maps app for turn-by-turn directions. Public transport options vary by region — for remote destinations a rental car gives the most flexibility.
Brashlyan Ethnographic House can be visited year-round. Verify current opening hours directly with the museum before your visit, as schedules change seasonally and on public holidays.
Opening hours and admission fees vary, and most Bulgarian museums close one day per week (commonly Monday). Verify current schedules and prices directly with the museum or the local tourist information office before visiting Brashlyan Ethnographic House, especially on public holidays.
