International Forum on the safeguarding of immovable cultural heritage on “Research, preservation, exhibition and socialization of immovable cultural property – methods, technologies and materials”

On 8 April 2014, Tuesday, from 10 am at the National Museum of Bulgarian Visual Arts, the Ministry of Culture was a host of a number of interdisciplinary meetings with representatives of state institutions, legal entities and individuals – archaeologists, architects, control authorities, builders, NGOs and universities involved in the conservation of immovable cultural heritage.

National Museum of Bulgarian Visual Arts, Sofia

The forum was opened by Ms. Bissera Yosifova – Director of the National Museum of the Bulgarian Fine Art.

From left to right: Prof. Bozhidar Dimitrov, Director of the National Museum of History, Prof. Dr. Michael Petzet, Honorary President of ICOMOS, Ms. Velislava Krasteva, Deputy Minister of Culture and Ms. Bissera Yosifova, Director of the National Museum of the Bulgarian Fine Art

Prof. Dr. Michael Petzet, Honorary President of ICOMOS, Arch. Yulii Farkov, Prof. Dr. Arch. Nikolay Tuleshkov, Arch. Lyubomir Stanislavov and Arch. Vladimir Mihov made presentations on the topic of the Forum.

The Forum was attended by Mr. Kiril Arnautski, Chairman of Sozopol Foundation.

Within the forum Mr. Arnautski held an official conversation with Prof. Dr. Michael Petzet, Honorary President of ICOMOS. They discussed issued related to restoration and safeguarding of the cultural heritage.

Prof. Dr. Arch. Nikolay Tuleshkov and Mr. Kiril Arnautski, President of Sozopol Foundation

Mr. Kiril Arnautski, President of Sozopol Foundation, and Prof. Dr. Stoyan Denchev, Rector of the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies