The Museum House of Peyo Yavorov is situated in the central part of the town of Chirpan. It was declared a museum on 31 October 1954 in honor of the 40-th anniversary of his death, and in issue 72 of the State Gazette of 1977 it was also declared an architectural and constructional monument. Even before it was officially declared a museum, the house was subject to visits. In 1924 for the 10th anniversary of the death of the poet, his home was visited by Geo Milev (another renowned Bulgarian poet) and other authors. Because of this, later, Yavorov’s older sister devoted one of the house rooms to the poet’s admirers.
Peyo Yavorov was born in Chirpan on 1 January 1878 (13 January according to the new calendar) and lived in his native home until the age of 17. Besides his active literary activity, Yavorov was also known as a participant in the National Liberation Movement of Macedonia and the Balkan War (1912 – 1913). Peyo Yavorov is an author of more than 160 poems in three poetry collections, which have been translated into more than 20 languages, among which Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, German, English, Armenian, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, French, Romanian, etc.