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The 10 Best History Museums in Sofia Region, Sofia Region
Discover the best top things to do in Sofia Region, Bulgaria including Fortress "trayanovi Vrata", The Red Flat, National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, Todor Kableshkov House Museum, Lyutov House Museum, Georgi Benkovski House Museum, Oslekov's House, Historical Museum, Sofia History Museum, Battenberg Mausoleum.
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1. Fortress "trayanovi Vrata"
2. The Red Flat
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 94 reviews
The Red Flat is not a typical museum, but an interactive experience and a time machine aiming to send you back to the 1980’s - the last stage of the communist regime in Bulgaria. By entering the flat, you will visit the home of an average family and discover what everyday life was like for ordinary Bulgarians during the Cold War.
3. National Institute of Archaeology with Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 598 reviews
The National Institute of Archaeology with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences covers the complete study of the culture of tribes and peoples who have occupied present day Bulgaria from the remote past until the 18th century. The Museum of Archaeology hosts the most numerous collections in Bulgaria and its exhibitions reveal it as one of the most important centers in the country for promotion of the cultural heritage of present day Bulgaria. NIAM-BAS was established in 1949 as a follower and successor of the Department of Valuables - part of the Library established in Sofia in 1879 and reformed into a National Museum in 1892 - and the Bulgarian Institute of Archaeology (1921), which was the first academic institute in Bulgaria.
Reviewed By nikolai_atanassov - Brussels, Belgium
One of Bulgaria's first museums (set up in the 1890s) housing a collection of monuments ranging from finds from the stone and bronze age through antiquity and to medieval times. The building itself is a former mosque, and was turned to use as a museum after Bulgaria became self-governing (in 1878). The museum building is integrated into the new building of the Bulgarian National Bank (the white building on the left of the photo), dating from the late 1930s.
4. Todor Kableshkov House Museum
5. Lyutov House Museum
6. Georgi Benkovski House Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
The most remote of the municipal museum houses is the one known as 'Georgi Benkowski house'. Anybody who has some knowledge about Bulgaria will immediately feel that this is not a Bulgarian name. And in fact it is the pseudonym of a man, born in this house, as 'Gavril Hlatev'. His adventurous life, involving several countries and identities, turns out to be one of the most fascinating of all Bulgarians, and he ended up as a fervent fighter for Bulgaria's independence, losing his life - after a betrayal - at age 33. He is honoured in his home place Koprivishtitsa not only by his birth house, but also by a big stone sculpture up the hill showing him riding a horse.
7. Oslekov's House
8. Historical Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 13 reviews
9. Sofia History Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 300 reviews
Reviewed By dodorr - Athens, Greece
The museum contains items across different time periods. From clothing to everyday life things to royal and religious related items, you can see these artifacts beautifully exhibited. Descriptions in English, cheap tickets and located at the center of sofia. Satisfied and recommended.
