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Tuesday, 5 November 2024


The National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences provides free access to its exhibitions to all Ukrainian citizens.

— What’s on display
Hall 13 — Mammals
The museum exhibitions show the Caroline parakeet, which became extinct world-wide, the monk seal, bearded vulture, little bustard, grey and maiden crane, steppe viper, German sturgeon, all of which extinct in Bulgaria… [more]
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNHS) — The richest museum of natural history on the Balkans. Nearly a million and a half specimens of animals, plants and minerals
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
the richest museum of natural history on the Balkans, nearly a million and a half specimens of animals, plants and minerals
Being the first and the richest natural history museum on the Balkans, the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences studies, preserves and disseminates information about the living and non-living nature both in Bulgaria and throughout the world… [more]
— Visit us
National Museum of Natural History
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone: (+359 2) 9885116 — Operator; Information: (+359 87) 9226573, 10:00 — 18:00 hours

Opening hours

Monday to Sunday 10:00 — 18:00
On 24 and 31 December: 10:00 — 13:00

The museum is open every day except 1 January, 3 March, Easter [Eastern] and 25 December. Last admission is at 17:30.

Hall 4 — Mineralogy [Genesis of the minerals]Hall 6 — Amphibians and reptilesHall 8 — BirdsHall 16 — Plants
— Palaeontological Museum Dimitar Kovachev, Asenovgrad
The Dimitar Kovachev Palaeontological Museum, a branch of the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNHS) in Asenovgrad, was created with a contract dated 22.02.1990 between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the National Museum of Natural History and the Asenovgrad Municipality… [more]

— Research & collections
The museum staff’s scientific research is linked with the latest national and international priorities in the fields of biodiversity, ecology, and nature conservation. The entomology and palaeozoology studies are especially intense… [more]
InvertebratesPalaeontology and Mineralogy

— Education

Intern at the museum… why?

‘Working at the NMNHS is not a job, it’s a way of life!’

Teodora Georgieva
— e-Natura

GEMMOLOGY — GEMSTONES — characteristics, classification, specimens, library



— About us
News

The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia hosts LOOK — ECOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY for the first time — On October 11th, 2024, the guest exhibit from 2024 edition of the project LOOK — ECOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY was unveiled in the 4th floor foyer of the National Museum of Natural History,…

A scientific conference unites archaeologists from Europe, Central Asia, and the USA in Bulgaria for the first time — Between 2 and 6 October 2024, the Sofia History Museum’s conference room hosted the second meeting of the Middle Ages working group of the International Council for Archaeozoology,…

The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia celebrated Researchers’ Night — Another edition of Researchers’ Night took place on the last Friday of September, as is traditional - on September 27th, 2024, from 18:00 to 22:00. The National Museum of Natural…

The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia hosted the European initiative Literature Night — For the first time, the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia hosted the European initiative Literature Night on September 25th between 18:00 and 21:30. The guest book was Birnam…

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History

The National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has a history of more than one hundred and thirty years. It is the oldest museum in Bulgaria and the oldest and richest among the natural history museums on the Balkan Peninsula… [more]