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Sunday, 13 June 2021
Dear visitors,
In connection with the declared emergency epidemic situation in the country and orders RD-01-262/14.05.2020, RD-01-268/15.05.2020, RD-01-194/30.03.2021 of the Minister of Health, the following mandatory COVID-19 safety regulations have been introduced:
1. People with flu-like symptoms or without protective facial masks are not allowed.
2. Please use hand sanitizers placed in the respective places.
3. Please keep a physical distance with other people of at least 1.5 meters.
4. Please observe the route marked with arrows.
5. Please avoid contact with surfaces and objects.
6. Up to 95 visitors are allowed in the museum simultaneously.
We are expecting you!
In connection with the declared emergency epidemic situation in the country and orders RD-01-262/14.05.2020, RD-01-268/15.05.2020, RD-01-194/30.03.2021 of the Minister of Health, the following mandatory COVID-19 safety regulations have been introduced:
1. People with flu-like symptoms or without protective facial masks are not allowed.
2. Please use hand sanitizers placed in the respective places.
3. Please keep a physical distance with other people of at least 1.5 meters.
4. Please observe the route marked with arrows.
5. Please avoid contact with surfaces and objects.
6. Up to 95 visitors are allowed in the museum simultaneously.
We are expecting you!
— What’s on display
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]
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 — 18:30 hours
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: (+359 2) 9885116 — Operator; Information: (+359 87) 9226573, 10:00 — 18:30 hours
Opening hours
Monday to Sunday 10:00 — 18:30
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 — 18:30
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/main/exhibitions/thumbs/04-1.jpg)
— 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]
— Education
Intern at the museum… why?
‘For me, biology is a love, passion and a way of life. My work at the museum gives me not only a basis for professional development, but also a chance to share my enthusiasm — moreover, in a team of friends.’
— Violeta Zhelyazkova
‘For me, biology is a love, passion and a way of life. My work at the museum gives me not only a basis for professional development, but also a chance to share my enthusiasm — moreover, in a team of friends.’
— Violeta Zhelyazkova
— e-Natura
— Databases of natural history collections and other electronic tools
— Types in the natural history collections in Bulgaria
— Database of National Museum of Natural History staff publications
— The Spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria
— Types in the natural history collections in Bulgaria
— Database of National Museum of Natural History staff publications
— The Spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria
GEMMOLOGY — GEMSTONES — characteristics, classification, specimens, library
— 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
— Student Club of Biospeleology
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
— Student Club of Biospeleology
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
Expanding deserts drove mammals out of Eurasia into Africa — The emergence of deserts in Arabia had a decisive impact on the evolution and migratory movements of mammals including our human ancestors. This is the conclusion reached by an international…
Prof. Nikolai Spassov at 70 years of age — On April 7, 2021, our dear colleague and longtime director of the museum Prof. Nikolai Spassov turned 70 years…
First results of the COST Action Climate change and bats: from science to nature protection — In 2020, the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNHS), being a part of the COST program, participated in the project Climate change and bats:…
The National Museum of Natural History presents a new collection of jaspers — In the Acad. Ivan Kostov hall of the National Museum of Natural History, from 1st of March you could see a new collection of jaspers. The were donated to the Museum on its 130th anniversary…
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Expanding deserts drove mammals out of Eurasia into Africa — The emergence of deserts in Arabia had a decisive impact on the evolution and migratory movements of mammals including our human ancestors. This is the conclusion reached by an international…
Prof. Nikolai Spassov at 70 years of age — On April 7, 2021, our dear colleague and longtime director of the museum Prof. Nikolai Spassov turned 70 years…
First results of the COST Action Climate change and bats: from science to nature protection — In 2020, the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNHS), being a part of the COST program, participated in the project Climate change and bats:…
The National Museum of Natural History presents a new collection of jaspers — In the Acad. Ivan Kostov hall of the National Museum of Natural History, from 1st of March you could see a new collection of jaspers. The were donated to the Museum on its 130th anniversary…
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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]
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]