“Romance from the Memory Box”

REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – PLOVDIV

Invites you to

Night of Museums and Galleries on September 11th, 2015

From 16:00 to 18:30 young and grown-up ruffians can attend the “Workshop for Gifts and Small Wonders”.

For the delight of all residents and guests of Plovdiv in 18:30 in REM – Plovdiv will be opened the exhibition “Romance from the Memory Box”. The Plovdiv artist Georgi Terziev is the author of the picturesque paintings illustrating love stories of a century ago. The precious stones provided by national museum “Earth and the People” and a private collector, are miraculous and symbolize different aspects of love.

This night you can live a wedding romance dressed as bride and groom and to fix the moment in a retro-photo. You can pick a love fortune or write your message to a loved one. The most interesting messages will be published on the facebook page of the Museum. Here you can learn love stories of some famous Bulgarians who have linked their lives with Plovdiv.

The exhibition has multimedia part where you can hear some of the most heartfelt Plovdiv love stories. Those are a contribution of the students from Ethnology department at Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”. They will surprise us with a short film on an almost century long love.

The highlight of the Night program will be at 20:00. It is the review-spectacle specially prepared by “Angels” Asenovgrad atelier (www.facebook.com/atelie.angeli). The icing of the cake in this wedding dress fashion review will be a handmade replication of a gorgeous wedding dress from the end of XIX c. whose original is stored in REM – Plovdiv. The material for the dress was specially selected among many fabrics, imported from Italy. This wedding garment will astonish even contemporary fashion designers. Our models are the wonderful girls from “Neoton Association Bulgaria” and Professional School in Architecture, Building and Geodesy “Arch. Kamen Petkov” Plovdiv. This faery scene will be accompanied by skillful performance of students from the National School in Musical and Dance Arts “Dobrin Petkov”.

Guests of REM – Plovdiv can also enjoy the master workmanship of Todor Nanchev’s exhibition “Bulgarian Baroque with an Eye Towards the Future”. It consists of handmade models of Revival Period Bulgarian houses. The accent here is an art piece specially made for this event “Model – reconstruction of Kujumdzhieva House”, presently Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv. The specimen is a gift from “Bulgarian Engineernig” Ltd. for the permanent exposition of REM – Plovdiv. This is the only 3D visualization of the house which will present in an attractive and available way the authentic appearance of the house from the times of the Bulgarian Revival period.