Sunday, 10 May 2026
Hello,
Your opinion is extremely important to us. With this short questionnaire, we would like to better understand your overall experience — from your initial interest in the museum to the moment of your departure. Your responses will help us make the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia even more engaging, accessible, and rewarding for all future visitors.
Completing this survey will take approximately 5 minutes. All responses are anonymous and will be used solely for the purposes of this study. Thank you in advance for your help!
— To the questionnaire
Your opinion is extremely important to us. With this short questionnaire, we would like to better understand your overall experience — from your initial interest in the museum to the moment of your departure. Your responses will help us make the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia even more engaging, accessible, and rewarding for all future visitors.
Completing this survey will take approximately 5 minutes. All responses are anonymous and will be used solely for the purposes of this study. Thank you in advance for your help!
— To the questionnaire
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
The May 2026 issue has been published
Issue 5 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 4 May. It includes four articles. The first, Floristic updates and a new species record for the Bulgarian flora by Georgi Kunev, Gabriela Petrova, Daniela Mihova and Ivan Kostadinov, presents new regional chorological data for eighteen plant taxa. One of the recorded species, Viola hymettia,…
The May 2026 issue has been published
Issue 5 of volume 48 of Historia naturalis bulgarica was published today, 4 May. It includes four articles. The first, Floristic updates and a new species record for the Bulgarian flora by Georgi Kunev, Gabriela Petrova, Daniela Mihova and Ivan Kostadinov, presents new regional chorological data for eighteen plant taxa. One of the recorded species, Viola hymettia,…
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
Gemmology — gemstones — characteristics, classification, specimens, library
Education
Intern at the museum… why?
“I became an intern at the NMNHS because I like meeting many and different people, showing them the amazing biodiversity on Earth and making them conscious of different environmental issues.”
Nia Toshkova
“I became an intern at the NMNHS because I like meeting many and different people, showing them the amazing biodiversity on Earth and making them conscious of different environmental issues.”
Nia Toshkova
![#Species of the year 2026 [PDF]](images/sy/sy-2026-en.jpg)
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]
Also at the museum
Official profiles of the National Museum of Natural History
Administrative documents
External organisations and documents
