Pleven is famous as a town of museums. The development of mankind civilization may be traced down from Neolith till present days. Remnants of pre-historical settlements of Cooper era, Roman settlements and fortress, medieval stock breeding and agricultural villages are to be found on the territory of municipality.
In the beginning of XX century by voluntarily raised funds the committee “Tsar Liberator Aleksandar II” and chairman the notable public figure Stoyan Zaimov there commence the construction of memorial houses, museums, parks and monuments.

The park of “Skobelev” is located on the very battle field were the detachment of General Skobelev conducts blood shedding battles to seize Pleven. Since then till nowadays the blood saturated lands there is called “The death valley”. In a unique and strongly impressive way the one and the only on Balkan peninsula Panorama “Pleven Epopee 1877” is emerging. The building symbolized the three storms of the town's blockade. The bone-vault, House-museum “Stoyan and Vladimir Zaimovi”, authentic guns, tenths of common mounds and monuments are located in the park.

The Russian Emperor Aleksandar II is accommodated on 11.12.1877 in an ordinary town's house were the captured Turkish Marshal Osman pasha was presented to him. In this house lives and the first military governor of Pleven, General Skobelev. Later on the house is turned into a museum.

The chapel-mausoleum “St. George the Victorious” was built in 1907. The bones of Bulgarian, Russian, Romanian, Finnish, Ukrainian, Belarus, Moldavian soldiers who laid down their lives for Pleven are kept in a crypt. Iconostasis and icons have been made by famous Bulgarian masters.

Indisputable indicator for the traditions and achievements of generations of museum employees is the regional museum of history. It is arranged in a unique building, constructed for military barracks in 1888. The items in the museum include over 250 thousands exhibits of ancient time, medieval and most modern history of Pleven and region. The collections and the exhibits of the museum are authentic treasure-house for cultural and historical valuables.