Established 1973 Website www.historymuseum.org | Location Sofia, Bulgaria Founded 1973 | |
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Address ul. "Vitoshko lale" 16, 1618 Sofia, Bulgaria Hours Closed now Tuesday9:30AM–6PMWednesday9:30AM–6PMThursday9:30AM–6PMFriday9:30AM–6PMSaturday9:30AM–6PMSunday9:30AM–6PMMonday9:30AM–6PMSuggest an edit Similar National Archaeological Museum, Boyana Church, National Art Gallery, National Museum of Military Hi, National Museum of Natural H | ||
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 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, buffet, 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, an historian.