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Saturday, 28 January 2012
— What’s on display
The paintings of Assen Ignatov
This exhibition presents outdoor sketches, watercolours and ink drawings. Let us look and celebrate together the mysteries of the wild nature and its wonders!
— More...
This exhibition presents outdoor sketches, watercolours and ink drawings. Let us look and celebrate together the mysteries of the wild nature and its wonders!
— More...
The museum exhibitions show the Caroline parrot, 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]
Being the first and the richest natural history museum on the Balkans, the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia (NMNHS) studies, preserves and disseminates information about the living and non-living nature both in Bulgaria and throughout the world… [more]
— Visit us
Opening hours
Monday to Sunday 10:00 — 18:00The museum is open every day except 1 January, 3 March and 25 December. Last admission is at 17:00.
National Museum of Natural History
1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: (+359 2) 987 41 95; [Tickets]: (+359 2) 988 51 15 (ext. 706)
— 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]
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The National Museum of Natural History, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) and Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ are co-organisers of Sixth European Hemiptera Congress. It will be held in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 25—29 June 2012 under the patronage of the Director General of UNESCO Ms Irina Bokova. Researchers from Europe and all over the world specialists in Hemiptera (Homoptera and Heteroptera) will attend the event. First Announcement and more information about the congress could be found on the website of the event.
— Education
Intern at the museum… why?
‘Working at the NMNHS is not a job, it’s a way of life!’
— Teodora Georgieva
‘Working at the NMNHS is not a job, it’s a way of life!’
— Teodora Georgieva
— e-Natura
— Database of the collections at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia and other electronic tools
— Class Diplopoda
Types
— Class Diplopoda
— Did you know that…
The museum was founded in 1889 by the Royal Prince Ferdinand — an ornithologist, lepidopterist, and a botanist.
The museum was founded in 1889 by the Royal Prince Ferdinand — an ornithologist, lepidopterist, and a botanist.
Also at the museum
— Bat Research And Conservation Centre
— Biospeleology Research Centre
Projects
Prime Butterfly Areas in Bulgaria — Identifying and describing the most important sites for butterflies in the country
PESI — A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
— Bat Research And Conservation Centre
— Biospeleology Research Centre
Projects
Prime Butterfly Areas in Bulgaria — Identifying and describing the most important sites for butterflies in the country
PESI — A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
— About us
News
The paintings of Assen Ignatov — The National Museum of Natural History and Assen Ignatov are pleased to invite you to an exhibition celebrating 20 years since his first art exhibit. The opening will take place at…
A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) — The PESI project is pleased to announce that the PESI web portal was officially launched on April 18, 2011 in the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For the first time in…
'Beautiful Science' at the National Museum of Natural History — On 11 June, Saturday, at 17:00, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nikolai Spassov will be a guest in the show of BNT 'Beautiful Science'. The theme of the show is 'Evolution'…
Black Sea: North — South — The Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation, the Institute for Fishery Resources — Varna, and the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia present an exhibition of Alexander Ivanov…
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The paintings of Assen Ignatov — The National Museum of Natural History and Assen Ignatov are pleased to invite you to an exhibition celebrating 20 years since his first art exhibit. The opening will take place at…
A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure (PESI) — The PESI project is pleased to announce that the PESI web portal was officially launched on April 18, 2011 in the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For the first time in…
'Beautiful Science' at the National Museum of Natural History — On 11 June, Saturday, at 17:00, Assoc. Prof. Dr Nikolai Spassov will be a guest in the show of BNT 'Beautiful Science'. The theme of the show is 'Evolution'…
Black Sea: North — South — The Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation, the Institute for Fishery Resources — Varna, and the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia present an exhibition of Alexander Ivanov…
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History
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNHS) has a history of more than one hundred and twenty 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 (NMNHS) has a history of more than one hundred and twenty years. It is the oldest museum in Bulgaria and the oldest and richest among the natural history museums on the Balkan Peninsula… [more]