Calliope House Museum
36 Ferdinand Street, Ruse, Bulgaria
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The House-Museum of Calliope, built in 1864, is a museum of urban life, keeping not only an exhibition telling about the daily life of wealthy families of that time, but also the famous love story.
The museum is not just called the house of Calliope, because once there lived the wife of the consul Maurice Kalisch, a beautiful girl, nicknamed “Caliope” for her unearthly beauty. This house was given to her by the Turk Midhad Pasha, who was the governor of the city.
The museum is a two-storey building located on the banks of the Danube. Here you can see unique household items and works of art, telling about the idle life of the upper strata of society. The exposition of the museum presents beautiful furniture of famous secular personalities, unique ancient paintings, a large dining table for receptions, a beautiful sideboard, Chinese porcelain, as well as one of the first pianos brought to Bulgaria.