| On the third floor, covering an area of 600 square meters and divided into 9 halls, is presented the "Ethnography" Section.
There are exhibits of the main means of living of the population,
the types of traditional folk costumes with their colourful embroideries and fabrics,
with a decorative elements delivering real aesthetic delight and hinting at the Eastern Rhodope women's intrinsic aspiration after beauty.
There are also jewels tastefully and skilfully made, as well as woodcarving decoration. The restorations of a dairy, of coal,
cotton and homespun cloth workshops, of the interior of an abode combined with the exposition presentation of a typical wedding,
and the different calendar customs characteristic of the region give the audience
a clear idea of the life and culture of the population from the Eastern Rhodopes from the end of the 19th century to the 1950s..
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