Opening: December 4, 2025, 2:00 p.m.,
Prof. Dr. Lyuben Prashkov Hall (Hall 13), Building 11 of the University of Veliko Tarnovo.
The Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Veliko Tarnovo presents a visiting exhibition at the Museum “House of Humor and Satire” – Gabrovo on the topic “SIN” – a contemporary look at the unique museum collection of 50 panels, created in the 1970s, as copies of Renaissance frescoes.
The exhibition was first presented at the Municipal History Museum in Dryanovo, and on December 4 at 2:00 p.m. it will be opened in the “Prof. Dr. Lyuben Prashkov Hall” (Hall 13), Building 11 of the University of Veliko Tarnovo.
The Orthodox Theological Faculty maintains good partnership relations with the museum in Gabrovo, and plans are being made for joint projects in the future.
Half a century later, the museum team is conducting a large-scale study of all the temples from which the original frescoes originate.
Some of them are now severely damaged or lost, which turns the copies into a valuable historical document.
A monograph will be published as part of the project, which will present the entire process of research, analysis and interpretation of the collection as a basis for its future re-exhibition.
The exhibition includes:
– archival materials and reproductions from the collection;
– footage from field research;
– analytical texts by specialists in the fields of art, theology and psychology;
– contemporary interpretations of the place of the theme of sin in our cultural memory.
“Sin – a research and exhibition project” is realized with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, in partnership with the University of Applied Sciences “St. Cyril and Methodius” and the Municipal History Museum in the town of Dryanovo, and the media support of the Bulgarian National Radio Program and BTA.