National Historical Museum (Bulgaria)

Coordinates: 42°39′17.91″N 23°16′14.89″E / 42.6549750°N 23.2708028°E / 42.6549750; 23.2708028

National History Museum
Национален исторически музей

Frontal view of the National Historical Museum and its yard
Established 1973
Location Sofia, Bulgaria
Website www.historymuseum.org
Wreath of an Odrysian aristocrat, 4th century

The National Historical Museum (Национален исторически музей, Natsionalen istoricheski muzey) in Sofia is Bulgaria's largest museum. It was founded on 5 May 1973. A new representative exhibition was opened in the building of the Court of Justice on 2 March 1984, to commemorate the 13th centenary of the Bulgarian state.

The museum was moved in 2000 to the former primary residence[1] of the dictator and last communist leader Todor Zhivkov at Boyana, and currently contains over 650,000 objects connected to archaeology, fine arts, history and ethnography, although only 10% of them are permanently exhibited.

The museum includes a cloakroom, cafe, library and souvenir shop. It undertakes professional conservation and restoration of historical monuments, authenticity investigations and expert valuation. Its collections comprise materials dating from prehistoric ages till the present. As of 2016, the museum's director is Dr. Bozhidar Dimitrov, a historian.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Like an Eastern Block Leader at Blazing Bulgaria. Accessed 9 November 2015
  2. ↑ Museum directors at official website. Accessed 10 April 2016
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