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Wednesday, 22 September 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?
‘Because the world of animals is still an unrevealed secret and there is always something to learn.’
— Severina Velkova
‘Because the world of animals is still an unrevealed secret and there is always something to learn.’
— Severina Velkova
— 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 first exhibition for visitors was opened back in 1907.
The first exhibition for visitors was opened back in 1907.
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
Joint action by scientists and businesses in preserving the Eastern imperial eagle — During field research towards the end of July 2021, docent Petar Shurulinkov, ornithologist with the National Museum of Natural History with BAS, found an Eastern imperial eagle dead…
Official visit of Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky in the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia — On the 3rd of September 2021, the hereditary knyaz Nikita Dmitrievich Lobanov-Rostovsky was welcomed into the National Museum of Natural History with BAS by Prof. Pavel Stoev, museum…
Brown bear Action Plan for Bulgaria — The brown bear is one of the flagship species of Bulgaria and it is included in the Biological Diversity Act. At the same time, it is a priority species for conservation in the European…
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…
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Joint action by scientists and businesses in preserving the Eastern imperial eagle — During field research towards the end of July 2021, docent Petar Shurulinkov, ornithologist with the National Museum of Natural History with BAS, found an Eastern imperial eagle dead…
Official visit of Nikita Lobanov-Rostovsky in the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia — On the 3rd of September 2021, the hereditary knyaz Nikita Dmitrievich Lobanov-Rostovsky was welcomed into the National Museum of Natural History with BAS by Prof. Pavel Stoev, museum…
Brown bear Action Plan for Bulgaria — The brown bear is one of the flagship species of Bulgaria and it is included in the Biological Diversity Act. At the same time, it is a priority species for conservation in the European…
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…
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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]