NAIM-BAS covers the complete study of the culture of tribes and peoples who have occupied present-day Bulgaria from the remote past until the 18th century, It is a national center and coordinator of all field research in Bulgaria and exercises scholarly and methodological control on it. The Museum of Archaeology hosts the most numerous collections in Bulgaria and its exhibitions reveal it as one of the most important centers in the country for promotion of the cultural heritage of present day Bulgaria. Its academic and museum potential turns it into the bigest research and archaeological unit in southeast Europe. NAIM-BAS was established in 1949 as a follower and successor of a National Museum (1892), and the Bulgarian Institute of Archaeology (1921).
Exhibition
Bulgarian Archaeology 2022
For sixteenth consecutive year the National Archaeological Institute with Museum, together with 17 museums from the country, organizes the temporary exhibition "Bulgarian Archaeology". Τhe exhibition present the most interesting and impressive discoveries and researches from the last active archaeological season. A total of 30 sites are included, illustrating the development of cultures in present-day Bulgaria from the Neolithic (6000 BC) until the Middle Ages. Among the artifacts on display are gold, silver, and bronze adornments, fine ceramic anthropomorphic figurines, pottery vessels, marble votive reliefs, and elaborate wall decorations, coins, tools, weapons.
The price of the museum ticket is 12 BGN, and it is valid both for the temporary exhibition "Bulgarian Archaeology 2022", and the permanent collection of NAIM-BAS. Free admissions for ICOM card holders and people with disabilities.
The guided tour (ιn English language) costs 40 BGN.
12.00 BGN, There are discounted rates
Sunday 18 June de 10:00 à 17:30
Saturday 17 June de 10:00 à 17:30
Friday 16 June de 10:00 à 17:30
Family, General public, Schoolchildren
Schoolchildren :Secondary school (11-15 years), Secondary school (15 years and up)
Digital offers
Exhibit of the Month
Museum exhibit rubric of National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Series of short articles, containing photos and intriguing descriptions of the most interesting exhibits kept at the National Archaeological Museum (Sofia, Bulgaria).
Family, Adults, General public
Schoolchildren :Secondary school (11-15 years), Secondary school (15 years and up)
Digital offers
Threedimensional Virtual Tour of the National Archaeological Museum
The National Archaeological Museum (Sofia) is a real treasury of the Bulgarian Cultural Heritage and kept in his depositories more than 450 000 artifacts. Established in 1892 as separate institution its permanent exhibitions are displayed in four main halls: "Ηall Prehistory"; "Ηall Depository"; "Central hall", and "Ηall Middle Ages", representing the most interesting and valuable evidences for the civilizations that had inhabited the present-day Bulgarian lands: the prehistoric cultures, the Thracians, the Greeks and the Romans, The Slavs and the Proto-Bulgarians, the Byzantines, the Ottomans.
Free
Sunday 18 June de
Saturday 17 June de
Friday 16 June de
Family, Adults
Schoolchildren :Secondary school (11-15 years), Secondary school (15 years and up)
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Photo archive, NAIM-BAS
Photo archive, NAIM-BAS
Photo archive, NAIM-BAS
Photo archive, NAIM-BAS