Museum of Glass
Museum of Glass
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The Museum of Glass offers tourists the unique opportunity to attend the work process in which rough raw glass is transformed into exquisite products by hand-blown glassware. Tourists can see and enjoy the variety of glass products in shape, size and color. Visitors will have the opportunity to enter an old "glass furnace".
Duration: 1-2 hours
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Nik R
Varna, Bulgaria6,654 contributions
May 2021
Had no idea what to expect as had never visited such a museum before but provided it was just about 20 km away from Varna, we decided to go check it out. I was really surprised to see so many people there but all were split into small groups in order to maintain social distancing and comply with the other measures with regard to Covid-19.
The museum is located on the shore of Varna lake in the small town of Beloslav at the site of the former glass factory "Belopal" which was very famous during the Communist era in Bulgaria. It was so big, producing so many glass things and items that were exported all around the world. Alas, at present only one workshop remains.
The museum is small, there is always a guide and the tour starts at the workshop with a demonstration of how different objects of glass are made. It was amazing to see how a piece of liquid glass turns into beautiful and elegant objects - fish, swan, flower, etc. Then the visit continues into the other two small halls - you can see and enter a furnace where the sand, mixed with the necessary additives, was melted into liquid glass. There are other appliances on display used in the production of the glass objects, such as matrices, templates, tools, materials, etc. In the las hall, you can see tons of items, the glass factory used to produce through the years, including crystal objects. In the end, before you leave, you can buy some beautiful glass things - vases, souvenirs, and many, many others, including a replica of the corona virus...
That museum is definitely worth a visit and I would highly recommend it!
I would suggest you to combine your visit to the museum with visiting the submarine-museum "Slava".
The museum is located on the shore of Varna lake in the small town of Beloslav at the site of the former glass factory "Belopal" which was very famous during the Communist era in Bulgaria. It was so big, producing so many glass things and items that were exported all around the world. Alas, at present only one workshop remains.
The museum is small, there is always a guide and the tour starts at the workshop with a demonstration of how different objects of glass are made. It was amazing to see how a piece of liquid glass turns into beautiful and elegant objects - fish, swan, flower, etc. Then the visit continues into the other two small halls - you can see and enter a furnace where the sand, mixed with the necessary additives, was melted into liquid glass. There are other appliances on display used in the production of the glass objects, such as matrices, templates, tools, materials, etc. In the las hall, you can see tons of items, the glass factory used to produce through the years, including crystal objects. In the end, before you leave, you can buy some beautiful glass things - vases, souvenirs, and many, many others, including a replica of the corona virus...
That museum is definitely worth a visit and I would highly recommend it!
I would suggest you to combine your visit to the museum with visiting the submarine-museum "Slava".
Written 13 May 2021
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