9 Natural History Museums in Bulgaria That You Shouldn't Miss

The Gema-World Museum presents and tracks flora, fauna and human history of the lands near Chirpan. The current collections consists of paleontological and archaeological artefacts covering the time span between 360 mya up to the XIV century AD.

The exhibitions of National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences occupy 15 halls on 4 floors. It exhibits the Caroline parrot, which became extinct world-wide, the monk seal, bearded vulture, little bustard, grey and maiden crane, steppe viper, German sturgeon, all of which extinct in Bulgaria. Large mammals recently exhibited are the white rhinoceros, the Himalayan bear, cheetahs, buffalos. The visitors are intrigued by one of the last pure-bred aurochs found in nature, the brown bear proclaimed as the largest in Europe, the rare small panda, the beautiful birds of paradise, toucans, the Californian condor extinct in the wild nature, the different types of pheasants with splendid feathers, the giant African tortoise, the blind cave fish from America, the Periophtalmus fish, which can move on land as well. The Museum is open every day except 1 January, 3 March, Easter and 25 December. Last admission is at 17:30.