The National Historical Museum (''Национален исторически музей'', Natsionalen istoricheski muzey) in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
is
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
'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 one of the major buildings in the complex serving as official residence of the President, Vice President and Government of the Republic of Bulgaria.
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at Blazing Bulgaria. Accessed 9 November 2015, 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.
Major excavated exhibits include:
* Valchitran Treasure
The Valchitran Treasure ( bg, Вълчитрънско златно съкровище) is an early Thracian treasure.
Discovery
It was discovered on 28 December 1924 by two brothers who were working in their vineyard near the village of Val ...
* Dabene Treasure
The Dabene Treasure ( bg, Дъбенското съкровище) was unearthed in 2004 near the village of Dabene in the municipality of Karlovo, Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria. The excavations were led by the archaeologist Martin Hristov ...
* Rogozen Treasure (part)
* Panagyurishte Treasure
The Panagyurishte Treasure ( bg, Панагюрско златно съкровище) is a Thracian treasure.
Discovery
It was accidentally discovered on 8 December 1949 by three brothers, Pavel, Petko, and Michail Deikov, who worked togethe ...
(either replicas or the real objects)
See also
* Decree of Dionysopolis The Decree of Dionysopolis was written around 48 BC by the citizens of Dionysupolis, Dionysopolis (today's Balchik, on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria) to Akornion, who traveled far away in a diplomatic mission to meet somebody's farther in ''Argeda ...
* List of museums in Bulgaria
This is a list of museums in Bulgaria.
Museums
* Boris Georgiev City Art Gallery
* Bulgarian torpedo boat Drazki
* Earth and Man National Museum
* Etar Architectural-Ethnographic Complex
* Kaliopa House
* Konaka Museum
* Kordopulov House
* ...
References
External links
Official website
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Museums in Sofia
Historical Museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
History museums in Bulgaria