Museum of Socialist Art

The museum complex consists of a park, an exhibition hall and a video hall.

 

The park has an area of 7,500 m². There are 77 works of monumental sculpture, mostly statues and busts of famous Bulgarian and Soviet Communists - Georgi Dimitrov, Dimitar Blagoev, Vassil Kolarov, Vladimir Lenin, Tsvyatko Radoynov and other socialist activists.

 

There is also a monument of Todor Zhivkov. The other statues are typical examples of socialist realism - partisans, Red Army, workers and co-operatives.

 

The exhibition hall has an area of 550 m². It features 60 paintings and 25 works of Cavalier Sculpture.

 

Documentaries from the era of socialism in Bulgaria are projected in the video hall. There is also a shop selling souvenirs - authentic objects from the era and modern artifacts.