national museum of history

it was really interesting to find out that Bulgaria has the oldest golden treasure ever found , made by a tribe called Traki. There was a pretty good presentation about it

The building and location of museum are stunning but it is pretty out of the way for Sofia. The exhibits are pretty bare bones and very little information is presented in English. Not the best museum in Sofia.

Very good exposition of cultural and historical heritage, I would recommended this place for everybody

The national museum of history is situated somehow outside the city center and you'd better take a taxi (6-7 leva from the center) to arrive there. But, it's totally worth the visit. I've been there several times with the kids, always booking a guide with us. The exhibitions are marvellous, lots of items from private collections are exposed too and you'll really enjoy the tour if interested in the history of Bulgaria.During the summer we do a nice stroll around the museum - at the back it has a lovely garden where we eat icecream and enjoy the sun.I totally recommend it. For me the guided tour was definitely worth it and I recommend it. There are discounts for family visits too.

Situated on the outskirts of town (a 7 lev taxi ride from city centre) and an admission of 10 lev . A trip through time from Romans to royal families.. A good way to spend a few hours in the shade of the mountains with lovely forest areas too

I know, it's on the Sofia beltway and far from the center. But it is well worth the trip for its fantastic collection of jewels from ancient times. Te best museum in Bulgaria,by far.

Wonderfully clean, surprisingly big and a vast collection of well preserved artifacts from ancient Bulgaria to contempory and near modern exibits. Everything is well preserved and most descriptions are written in both Bulgarian as well as English. I am not typically impressed and would have liked to see the garden behind the museum taken care of. The one frustrating thing was that in typical fashion, the man at the cafe and woman at the gift shop tried to overcharge thinking that I was just another foreign tourist who didnt know better.

This place covers almost the whole Bulgarian history, it is rich of artifacts from different eras with sufficient English explanation written on wall banners, the hall of the traditional clothes ( located on the 3rd floor) was very exciting, what's not good on the visit that they don't guide visitors to the start point ( the start hall) of the visit, I entered a hall with artifacts dated back to AD then the opposite hall pieces dated back to BC, I think the museum administration should provide a leaflet to guide visitors to the sequence of the visit and to number the museum halls ascending order according to date, rather than that the museum is very rich and worth visiting. Ticket for 10 Lev. but we bought a combined ticket from boyana church for 12 Lev.

Amazing artifacts. From 2bc to 19th century.l has 4 levels and has artifacts from before time to artifacts from Archduke Ferdiinad.

They have moved part of the exhibition of Thracian gold to another museum. The place in mainly interesting for the architecture. It used to be Todor Zhivkov 's (the communist dictator) residence.

What a building, it more reminded me to a palace than a museum. Absolutely stunning.Good place to learn about bulgarian history. Top tip: the coffee place at the back of the museum is a brilliant place to be on a sunny day!

Im not all that match into History and museum. But this was fun to bad i did not have enough time to spend some more time there. I feel like only seeing half of it...

i really liked this place its huge and has a comprehensive history of Bulgaria. Unfortunately it's located really far from the city center and hard for most travellers to reach and know where to get off the bus.

A great place to learn about Bulgarian history. They have artifacts from pre Roman times to the modern era. They also admit the historical mistakes they made during the Balkan wars and the two world wars.

From the gold artifacts of the Thracians, thru all of the turmoil of history with borders shifting all the way into Russia for a time. At the crossroads between Europe, Greece and Asia (Turkey) Bulgaria has many stories to tell. It was great to see that the 500 years ruled by the Ottoman Empire were covered in 2 displays, whereas every other era deserved at least a full room in the ex-Soviet era building. Worth the trip to get a perspective of Bulgaria.