Nature & natural history museums in Bulgaria

The Festa Dolphinarium in Varna was founded in 1984. The futuristic Dolphinarium building features a front wall of glass and aluminum, designed by architect Simeon Saraliev. During regular days, there are performances of dolphin shows three times a day. Visitors can touch and feed the animals.

The Varna Zoo opened in 1961 and is home to 60 species of animals, with more than 300 individual animals. Seventeen of these are protected species. Besides welcoming visitors, the zoo is also acting as an animal rescue centre.

The Earth and Man National Museum is a mineralogical museum in Sofia. The museum is housed in a historic building that was constructed at the end of the 19th century as part of the Sofia Arsenal complex. The Earth and Man National Museum is one of the biggest mineralogical museums in the world. Its

The Varna Aquarium & Black Sea Museum is an aquarium based in Varna, that focuses on the flora and fauna of the Black Sea. The aquarium holds over 140 fish species, including freshwater fish, Mediterranean fish, exotic species, but also mussels and algae.

The Sofia Zoo is a zoo that covers an area of 36 hectares and is the oldest and largest zoo in the Balkans, founded in 1888. The zoo is home to around 2,500 animals from all over the world, representing more than 300 species. The zoo houses 81 species of mammals, 78 species of birds, 46 species of r

The Museum of Natural History in Varna is devoted to the geology, palaeontology, flora and fauna of the Black Sea and the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The items of the museums collection are divided in several sections and displayed accordingly. The sections consist of Geology and Paleontology, Botany