National Museum of Natural History, Sofia: Photos, Reviews & Location

Founded in 1889, the country's oldest museum offers natural history exhibits & educational programs.

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#5 of 19 Tourist attractions in Sofia #2 of 6 Museums in Sofia

LocalGuideWorld score: 4.60

1.0 km from the center of Sofia

Rating breakdown

5 ★73%
4 ★18%
3 ★7%
2 ★1%
1 ★1%

Sofia Center, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd 1, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

nmnhs.com

+359 87 922 6573

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What is the rating of National Museum of Natural History?: National Museum of Natural History is rated 4.6 out of 5 based on 3,146 reviews.
How does National Museum of Natural History rank in Sofia?: National Museum of Natural History is #5 of 19 Tourist attractions in Sofia by LocalGuideWorld score (rating weighted by number of reviews).
Where is National Museum of Natural History located?: Sofia Center, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd 1, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria — 1.0 km from the center of Sofia.
How can I contact National Museum of Natural History?: Phone: +359 87 922 6573 · Website: nmnhs.com

Reviews (8)

Agata Kajewska 2023 Dec 17

Very good collection of birds and minerals. Super nice staff
I hope the museum gets public funding soon to bring this place to the deserved glory.

Antony Ross 2023 Oct 17

A really cool museum to go to and worth the money to enter. You could spend nearly all day here with a curious child or nature lover. The exhibits are informative and detailed. Card machine wasn’t working but the lady chased us down the street to offer us a way to pay via the app.

Vin Chenzo 2023 Sep 30

Very much worth the 10 BGN entry fees. 4 floors of interesting displays that are also in English. Would recommend.

Michael Vladimir Karpov 2023 Aug 31

We got there just by walking around streets, Surprised to discover 4 levels museum with such great amount of interesting stuff to see. Beginning with geological discoveries, and ending with world exploration
They should improve ventilation and air quality, hot and smelly there.
Prices are ok.

Peter Liahovets 2023 Aug 09

Great collection! Audioguide is a bit confused by order (and missing numbers), so if you got one - expect tiny additional quest about finding first item on the floor)))
The museum has minerals section (with nice UV case), birds floor (lot of which are probably bigger than your children), two-headed turtle, mammal floor (monk seals story made me cry, literally; zubr story is a long-term scar on heart though). Got to insect floor already exhausted a bit, but or really worth your while (for example water bug which hunts frogs) and the top of the cake is giant seashell (literally sink-size), couple of omars that could chew your leg off and the Nautilus Pompilius.

Dobromir Dishkov 2023 Jul 15

Very rich collection of flora , fauna, rocks and minerals. The staff is very pleasant and polite. The only thing I disliked is the lack of more visitors. It looks like people are more interested in simple pleasures, than in nature, science and knowledge. A pitty!!!

Andrea Iapichello 2023 Jun 15

Good museum, 4 floors of things to see.
They should improve the ventilation because of stale smell in some rooms.

Jana T 2023 Jun 04

My fav museum in my home town, visited again a month ago with my husband and still loved it (must have been inside 4-5times as a kid), huge collection of animals, stones and more! The floor with insects is mindblowing, it shows how amazing our Planet is...worth the 8leva ticket.