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Ivan Vazov - the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature was born on July 9, 1850 in Sopot in the old house of  his kind built in the XVIII century by his grandfather. It was burned in July 1877 during the Russo-Turkish War.

In 1920, the eve of the anniversary celebrations to commemorate the 70th anniversary and 50 years of literary activity of Vazov, among the poet's friendship in Sofia started the idea to restore his native home.

The construction of the house began in 1931. The interior was designed under the leadership of Stefan Kostov - the Director of the Ethnographic Museum in Sofia. It was based on information from the Vazov brothers and Vala-Vazova Fetvadzhieva. As a source for the reconstruction of the interior was used Vazov’s works, especially his novel "Under the Yoke". In one of the rooms of the house with the idea of St. Kostov, the Ethnographic Museum in Sofia restored the Barbershop of Hadji Ahil – one of the Vazov’s colorful characters of the story "Hadji Ahil' and his novel "Chichovtsi" (“Uncles”). On June 6, 1935 the house was officially opened as a museum. In 1964, the house-museum "Ivan Vazov" in Sopot was declared a cultural monument with national importance. On the occasion of 120th birth anniversary of the poet, on July 8, 1970 opened the exposure to the life and creative time in his home built next to the house building.

The rich fund, which has the house-museum "Ivan Vazov", recalls the most important periods in the life of the writer: his childhood in Sopot, where he completed his education, his work as assistant teacher in Kalofer with Botyo Petkov and teaching in the Diocese school in Plovdiv with Joakim Gruev. The exhibited manuscripts present his rich literary works created in 1876-1877, when he was a refugee in Romania and published his first poetry works.

There is information about the poet’s stay in Odessa, again as an immigrant, where he wrote the most translated Bulgarian novel "Under the Yoke." It is known that Ivan Vazov settled in Sofia in 1889, where he continued to write.

As is known, Ivan Vazov died on September 22, 1921. His works have been translated into over 50 languages. The literary achievements of the writer overshadow his outstanding contributions to the Bulgarian tourism. Long before 1895, when was the first organized climbing of Cherni Vrah, Ivan Vazov, together with his friends and climbed the champion of Vitosha. The writer was an avid mountaineer and often spent his holidays in Rila, Rhodopes and Sredna Gora. His love for Bulgarian nature, he often reflected in his works.