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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.

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).

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.