Wednesday, 10 December 2025
National Museum of Natural History —
the richest museum of natural history on the Balkans, nearly a million and a half specimens of animals, plants and minerals
the richest museum of natural history on the Balkans, nearly a million and a half specimens of animals, plants and minerals
360° Virtual tour
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
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.
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]](images/thumbs/h-04-1.jpg)
Palaeontological Museum, 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]
Latest from Historia naturalis bulgarica
Issue 12 is out, volume 47 is complete, and more information for the authors
Issue 12 of volume 47 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 December. It includes three articles. The first, A new host plant record for Dioszeghyana schmidtii (Dioszeghy, 1935) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Greece: implications for larval ecology and conservation by Angelos Tsikas, reports the first larval host plant record for the rare and…
Issue 12 is out, volume 47 is complete, and more information for the authors
Issue 12 of volume 47 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 1 December. It includes three articles. The first, A new host plant record for Dioszeghyana schmidtii (Dioszeghy, 1935) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Greece: implications for larval ecology and conservation by Angelos Tsikas, reports the first larval host plant record for the rare and…
Projects
PESI — A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Prime Butterfly Areas in Bulgaria — Identifying and describing the most important sites for butterflies in the country
e-Natura
Databases of natural history collections and other electronic tools
Gemmology — gemstones — characteristics, classification, specimens, library
Education
Intern at the museum… why?
“Working at the NMNHS is not a job, it is a way of life!”
Teodora Georgieva
“Working at the NMNHS is not a job, it is a way of life!”
Teodora Georgieva
About us
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]
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]
News
Also at the museum
Official profiles of the National Museum of Natural History
Administrative documents
External organisations and documents
