All archaeology museums to visit in Sofia

Uncover the secrets of the past at 4 archaeology museums in Sofia. These museums feature artifacts and exhibits that reveal the history of ancient civilizations.

Are you curious about ancient civilizations and archaeological finds? Here are the archaeology museums you must see in Sofia:

  1. National Institute and Museum of Archaeology1

    National Institute and Museum of Archaeology

     Sofia
    The National Institute and Museum of Archaeology (National Institute of Archaeology with Museum in Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) is devoted to the culture of tribes and peoples that have occupied present day Bulgaria from the remote past until the 18th century. The museum is an archaeological museu
  2. Sofia History Museum2

    Sofia History Museum

     Sofia
    The Sofia History Museum is housed in the former building of the Central Mineral Baths and is devoted to ethnography, archaeology, economy, and cultural life in Sofia and its region. The museum has a collection of around 120,000 objects, covering the period between 6th millennium BC up to the1940s,
  3. National Ethnographic Museum3

    National Ethnographic Museum

     Sofia
    The National Ethnographic Museum in Sofia is housed in the former royal residence in Sofia. The museum holds a collection that includes costumes, goldsmithery, copper objects, agriculture, wood carvings, furniture, ceramics, fabrics and embroideries, carpets, ritual objects and foreign art.
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    National Anthropological Museum

     Sofia
    The National Anthropological Museum in Sofia is part of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The museum houses many reconstructed images of people who lived in Bulgaria, spanning over several periods. The permanent exhibition is is arranged chronologically from Prehistory to Antiquity to Middle Ages a