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Third expedition of researchers from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia to Northern Vietnam
30 December 2025
Between 6th and 25th October 2025, the third joint scientific expedition of researchers from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (NMNHS), the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (IBER), the Regional Museum of Natural…
30 December 2025
Between 6th and 25th October 2025, the third joint scientific expedition of researchers from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (NMNHS), the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (IBER), the Regional Museum of Natural…
Researchers from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia participate in release of first 1000 butterfly and moth genomes
10 December 2025
The Human Genome Project laid the foundation that revolutionised our knowledge of human health but 25 years on, many species on Earth are yet to be understood in this way. Now the genomics revolution is also transforming how we study and survey…
10 December 2025
The Human Genome Project laid the foundation that revolutionised our knowledge of human health but 25 years on, many species on Earth are yet to be understood in this way. Now the genomics revolution is also transforming how we study and survey…
Touching the forest — first exhibition for the blind at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
5 December 2025
On 4 December 2025, at 14:30, at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Prof. Pavel Stoev, Director of the museum, and Sen. Assist. Dr Stefaniya Kamenova, author of the exhibition, officially presented the new temporary exhibition “Touching…
5 December 2025
On 4 December 2025, at 14:30, at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Prof. Pavel Stoev, Director of the museum, and Sen. Assist. Dr Stefaniya Kamenova, author of the exhibition, officially presented the new temporary exhibition “Touching…
The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia participated in the National Scientific Conference “Nature and Knowledge: New Horizons for Natural History Museums in Bulgaria”
2 December 2025
On 28 November 2025, at the Boris Hristov House of Culture, in Plovdiv, the National Scientific Conference “Nature and Knowledge: New Horizons for Natural History Museums in Bulgaria”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Regional…
2 December 2025
On 28 November 2025, at the Boris Hristov House of Culture, in Plovdiv, the National Scientific Conference “Nature and Knowledge: New Horizons for Natural History Museums in Bulgaria”, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Regional…
For the first time, a scientist from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia with an award from the National Program “For Women in Science”
1 December 2025
At the Fifteenth Ceremony of the National Program “For Women in Science”, which was held on 26 November 2025, in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Assist. Dr Niya Toshkova from the National…
1 December 2025
At the Fifteenth Ceremony of the National Program “For Women in Science”, which was held on 26 November 2025, in the “Prof. Marin Drinov” Hall of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Assist. Dr Niya Toshkova from the National…
Orchids of Korea: a new temporary exhibition in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
4 November 2025
On 30.10.2025, at 18:00, in the fourth floor foyer of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia was presented a temporary exhibition “Orchids of Korea”. The exhibition presents 34 botanical illustrations by 17 artists from the…
4 November 2025
On 30.10.2025, at 18:00, in the fourth floor foyer of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia was presented a temporary exhibition “Orchids of Korea”. The exhibition presents 34 botanical illustrations by 17 artists from the…