All archaeology museums to visit in Bulgaria

Uncover the secrets of the past at 11 archaeology museums in Bulgaria. 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 Bulgaria:

  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. Regional Ethnographic museum of Plovdiv2

    Regional Ethnographic museum of Plovdiv

     Plovdiv
    The Regional Ethnographic museum of Plovdiv houses over 40,000 objects mostly relating to the traditions of the population of Plovdiv and its cultural and economic environment. The collection of the Regional Ethnographic museum of Plovdiv includes objects made of copper, pottery, ancient weapons, wo
  3. Varna Archaeological Museum3

    Varna Archaeological Museum

     Varna
    The Varna Archaeological Museum is housed in a former Girls’ High School (1892 - 1898), designed by Bulgarian architect Petko Momchilov in New Renaissance style. The museum holds a collection of objects from the prehistoric, Thracian, Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman periods, the times of the medieva
  4. Regional Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv4

    Regional Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv

     Plovdiv
    The Regional Archaeological Museum in Plovdiv is a history museum in Plovdiv that holds a collection of over 100.000 artefacts related to the history of the city and its region. The history of Plovdiv goes back to being the biggest and most famous ancient town in the Balkan Penninsula: Philippopolis
  5. Sofia History Museum5

    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,
  6. Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum6

    Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum

     Plovdiv
    The Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum (Regional History Museum - Plovdiv) is dedicated to the past of Plovdiv and its region in the period from the 15the century until the 20th century. The museum holds a collection of over 60,000 pieces, including a collections of cold steel and firearms, orders a
  7. Cultural Center-Museum TrakArt7

    Cultural Center-Museum TrakArt

     Plovdiv
    Cultural Center-Museum TrakArt is a history museum in Plovdiv. It features 160 square metres “in situ” ancient Roman mosaic from the 3rd - 4th century, an exhibition called 'Glass in ancient art' that illustrates the development of glass manufacturing from the 5th century BC till the 4th century AD,
  8. Small Basilica8

    Small Basilica

     Plovdiv
    The Small Basilica in Plodiv, also called The Small Basilica of Philippopolis was an early Christian church. The ruins of the church were found during construction works in 1988. It was a three nave basilica that was built in the second half of the 5th century AD and contained rich architectural dec
  9. National Ethnographic Museum9

    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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    Museum of the History of Medicine

     Varna
    The Museum of the History of Medicine is devoted to the history of medicine on the Balkans, spanning from the Antiquity to the Renaissance and the development of medical services after the Liberation of Bulgaria. The museum holds a collection of over 4,000 medical books, a fine paleoanthropological
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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