It’s in three parts: the garden where they’ve collected the statues that were removed when communism fell, a gallery (exhibiting student posters when we went), and a video room showing old newsreels to provide historical context. This room seemed decidedly ‘pro’, as did the two elderly staff and the souvenir cabinet selling Stalin mugs and Lenin keyrings. It’s interesting to visit alongside someone who remembers what life was really like – the red scarves, the youth groups, the formal salute when submitting schoolwork, the party terminology, the secret jokes, and the many ingenious ways that Bulgarians found to circumvent the rules.
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