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Museum of Education, House of Humour and Uzana
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National Tourist Site

Museum of Education, House of Humour and Uzana

Gabrovo's humour museum, the national museum of education and the geographical centre of Bulgaria.

National Tourist Site

About Museum of Education, House of Humour and Uzana

The House of Humour and Satire is a museum and gallery of humour art, with cartoons, photographs, paintings and sculpture from around the world; Gabrovo calls itself the international capital of humour, with the motto "The world lasts because it laughs". The National Museum of Education is in a wing of the Aprilov High School, opened in 1835 as the first modern Bulgarian secular school.

Uzana, a mountain resort 22 km south of the town at about 1,350 metres, is marked as the geographical centre of Bulgaria.

What to see

  • Museum of Education
  • Uzana: geographical centre of Bulgaria
  • House of Humour and Satire

Museum of Education, House of Humour and Uzana on the map

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  1. 1 Hadzhistoyanovo School and Hotalich Fortress, Sevlievo National Tourist Site
  2. 2 Kolyu Ficheto Museum, Dryanovo National Tourist Site
  3. 3 Dryanovo Monastery and Bacho Kiro Cave National Tourist Site
  4. 4 Bozhentsi Architectural Reserve National Tourist Site
  5. 5 Gabrovo Regional History Museum and Dechkova House National Tourist Site
  6. 6 Museum of Woodcarving and Icon Painting, Tryavna National Tourist Site
  7. 7 Etar Open-Air Ethnographic Museum National Tourist Site
  8. 8 Museum of Education, House of Humour and Uzana National Tourist Site

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