DIRECTORATE



TATYANA TSANKOVA, Research Associate
Director
"In earnest or in jest, the buck stops here."
Tel: +359 66 809300

FINE ARTS, EXHIBITIONS and ART COLLECTIONS Department






YORDANKA SHIYAKOVA
Head of department
"When need be, she puts up a handful of shows at a breath, but, otherwise, she loves painting cats with human traits."
Tel: +359 66 803526










IVA MOSHKOVA
Curator
"Graphic and poster artists from around the world, this is the young lady who is the first specialist to look at and enjoy your works once they have reached the museum exhibition rooms."
Tel: +359 66 807228 / 218














PENKA KURTEVA (right) and VELINA KAZAKOVA (left)
Art collection keepers
"Entrusted into their tender hands is the museum's enormeous collection HUMOUR OF THE PEOPLES."
Tel: +359 66 807228 / 238








GUIDED TOURS, TOURIST MARKETING, PUBLICITY, PUBLIC RELATIONS and EVENTS, INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS Department







DARINA MARINCHEVSKA
Head of department
"She is the messenger of every good and every 'barmy' news from the House."
Tel: +359 66 804945










STEFKA BOEVA (left), SAVA PENCHEV (in the middle) and MARGARITA STOYANOVA (right)
Our smiling guides
"Even if you have not paid for a guided tour, they will kindly accompany you round the exhibition rooms."
Tel: +359 66 807228 / 275






ETHNOLOGY and LITERATURE Department

VENETA KOZAREVA
Curator
"You feel like telling a joke, an anecdote or a funny story before an audience? This is the specialist who will support and encourage your entry in BLAGOLAZH National Meeting of Story-and-Joke Tellers."
Tel: +359 66 807228 / 260







INFORMATION SERVICES, COMPUTER DATA-BASE, DOCUMENTATION and ARCHIVES Department






GALINA BONEVA
Head of department
"It is to her you should address questions and remarks about the information services and the website of the House of Humour and Satire."
Tel: +359 66 807248









GALINA IVANOVA
Curator
" No one else is as good at finding quickly a letter or an e-mail message sent to the House - even after a number of years."
Tel: +359 66 807228 / 218








ROZA SAVEKOVA
Archives keeper
"She keeps an attentive eye on artists who leave an old address to move to a new one. Her hands and grey cells manage the entire data-base of the House of Humour and Satire."
Tel: +359 66 807228 / 261




FINANCES and BOOK-KEEPING Department






ROUZHA KOUZAROVA
Head of department
"Here expenses are watched and corners are cut in Gabrovo manner: to last out more events and more guests."
Tel: +359 66 804149








VASYA SIMEONOVA
Book-keeper
"According to her, the sooner a financial document is processed, the better."
Tel: +359 66 807228 / 277












ROSITSA KANEVA (left) and MINKA MARINOVA (right)
"These gentle ladies never let a visitor in without an admission charge, and out without a gift - a unique funny souvenir from this museum, the one and only in Bulgaria."
Tel: +359 66 807228 /221; 223









ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS , MAINTENANCE AND TECHNICAL FACILITIES Department





PETYO YORDANOV, Eng.
Head of deparment
"He often needs the hands of an Indian deity to encompass the department's diverse activities and ensure the smooth functioning of the internal computer network, anti-fire and security systems."
Tel: +359 66 807267










CHEDOMIR MIHAILOV, Eng., HRISTO RAIKOV and STEFAN KAZAKOV (left to right)
"Our handy 'boys'! They do all the House jobs: from replacing the light fixtures and hanging the numerous exhibitions down to clearing important parcels from the Customs and ensuring the running of the technical facilities."
Tel: +359 66 807228 /251; 222













MARIA SHANOVA and TANYA NIKOLOVA (left to right)
Cleaning ladies
"They keep our House clean, cosy and welcoming."
Tel: +359 66 807228 / 252