Old High School of Music, Ruse, Former school building on Borisova Street in Ruse, Bulgaria

The Old High School of Music is a school building in Ruse that features Neoclassical and Gothic Revival elements with Northern European style influences. The distinctive structure displays elaborately crafted stone details and large window openings across its entire facade.

The building was constructed around 1900 and initially served as a German Protestant school with boarding facilities and a kindergarten. Over the 20th century, it underwent multiple transformations and changes in use before becoming a music school.

The building's name comes from its last long-term use, as the home of Ruse's High School of Music, after earlier stints as the French St Joseph School for Boys, the Petar Beron Junior High School and the State University of Technology. The Bobokov brothers bought it at auction in April 2007 and are converting it into Bulgaria's first private museum, built around their coin collection.

The building sits on Borisova Street and is currently undergoing renovation to become a museum and cultural center. Visitors can see the exterior architecture, but should check which areas are accessible before visiting.

The building was damaged by Romanian shellfire in World War I and later by the 1977 Bucharest earthquake, not the 1986 Strazhitsa earthquake as some sources state. It was reinforced after 1977 but then abandoned until the Bobokov brothers bought it at auction in April 2007.