House-museum "Ivan Vazov", Sofia, Memorial museum in central Sofia, Bulgaria

The Ivan Vazov House-Museum stands at the corner of Rakovski Street and Ivan Vazov Street, with its entrance on the latter. Built in 1895 on land owned by the writer's brother Kiril, it has a ground floor with a family dining room and an art-documentary exhibition, and a wooden staircase leading to the second floor, where Vazov's study, bedroom, guest room and his mother Saba's room are arranged.

Ivan Vazov had the house built in 1895 on land owned by his brother Kiril, after returning from Russia. It opened as Bulgaria's first literary museum on 26 November 1926, and its first curator was the writer Elin Pelin.

The rooms celebrate Ivan Vazov, one of Bulgaria's most important writers whose works shaped national identity. Personal items and manuscripts on display show his connection to Bulgarian literary life and his influence on readers.

The house is located centrally in Sofia on Ivan Vazov Street and is easily reached on foot from major neighborhoods. The rooms are spread across several floors, so plan about one to one and a half hours for a comfortable visit.

Above the wooden staircase railing hang congratulatory addresses with the original signatures of Ivan Shishmanov, Adriana Budevska, Jan Mrkvička, Georgi Raychev, Ivan Lazarov and Elin Pelin, the museum's first curator. In the ground-floor dining room, Vazov's chair is marked with a black ribbon, the seat he used at his last lunch.