舒门历史博物馆始建于1857年,当时,来自保加利亚复兴时期的教师萨瓦·多布罗普拉德尼(1820-1894)与学生一起组织了第一次探险,探寻保加利亚老首都维利基·普雷斯拉夫(大普雷斯拉夫)的遗址,并在学校里展出了他们的发现。
The history museum in Shumen was set up in 1857 when Sava Dobroplodni (1820 – 1894), a teacher from the Bulgarian Revival Period, organised the first expedition to the remains of the old Bulgarian capital Veliki Preslav (Great Preslav) together with students and when they exhibited their finds in the local school.