Sofia Museums

The museums in Sofia are almost exclusively Bulgaria-oriented. They are aimed at chronicling the conflicting fortunes of this once great empire, the people and nations, that have passed through it from Thracians through Greeks, Romans and Turks, and the lives of the Bulgarians themselves in recent centuries. Here you will be provided with a fascinating insight into the Balkan Peninsula, and entrance fees are laughably low, so, there is not any reasonable excuse not to visit them.

Sofia National History Museum - Various Collections

The National History Museum covers the whole period from prehistory to the present time. On the ground floor you will find relics from the earliest period up to the Middle Ages, including gold and silver treasures, such as the Panagyurishte treasure, ceramics and archaeological remains. If you visit the first floor, you will find ecclesiastical art from the 19th century Bulgarian National Revival, including folk costumes, carpets and typically furnished rooms for this period.

"Earth And Man" - Sofia Unique Museum

This museum was founded in 1986, and provides over 20 000 exhibitions on display, divided into six sections - Giant crystals, Minerals of the Earth, Industrial minerals, Raw material sources of Bulgaria, Gems, New materials. Also, this museum supports various art exhibitions and classical music evenings, which are noted in our cultural supplement.

National Natural History Museum in Sofia

The National Natural History Museum in Sofia was founded in 1889 and opened to visitors in 1907. Today, the museum offers three major sections - Geology, Zoology and Botany. The "Earth and Space" exhibition features unique lunar samples and an impressive dinosaur skeleton, as well as several meteorites. Also, there is a special exhibition, showing live pythons, crocodiles, iguanas, and many more.

Ethnographic Sofia Museum

In the Ethnographic Museum you will be able to enjoy the unique beauty of the different folk costumes, fabrics, jewelry, wood cuttings, hammered ironwork, found on these lands in different times. Additionally, here there is a small craft shop, which sells lots of craft works, costumes and musical instruments from all over Bulgaria. Along with the museum, in the same building, is the National Art Gallery, too.