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Monday, 16 June 2025


The National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences provides free access to its exhibitions to all Ukrainian citizens.

— What’s on display
Hall 13 — Mammals
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]
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NMNHS) — The richest museum of natural history on the Balkans. Nearly a million and a half specimens of animals, plants and minerals
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
the richest museum of natural history on the Balkans, nearly a million and a half specimens of animals, plants and minerals
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

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.

Hall 4 — Mineralogy [Genesis of the minerals]Hall 6 — Amphibians and reptilesHall 8 — BirdsHall 16 — Plants
— Palaeontological Museum Dimitar Kovachev, 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]

— Administrative documents

— Did you know that…

The museum was founded in 1889 by the Royal Prince Ferdinand — an ornithologist, lepidopterist, and a botanist.

— 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]
VertebratesBotany

— 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.’

Nija Toshkova
— e-Natura

GEMMOLOGY — GEMSTONES — characteristics, classification, specimens, library



— About us
News

Second working visit of Prof. Zbigniew Bochenski in the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia — In the first week of June, the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia (NMNHS) hosted for the second time Prof. Zbigniew M. Bochenski from the Institute of Systematics and Evolution…

The Underwater Petrified Forest — a new temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia — On June 3rd, 2025, in the lobby of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Simov (NMNHS) and Assoc. Prof. Lubomir Kenderov (Vice-Dean of Economic Affairs…

New study reveals that not one, but two pathogenic species cause white-nose disease in hibernating bats — An international team of researchers led by the University of Montpellier, with the participation of Dr Violeta Zhelyazkova from the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia at the…

The National Museum of Natural History, Sofia took part in the 15th Sofia Science Festival — The program of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia for the 15th Sofia Science Festival included an information stand, two workshops for children, one exhibition and four presentations…

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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]