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Collections of 120,000 objects, between 6th millennium BC up to 1940s

Sofia History Bulgaria Historical VR Museum

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Sofia History Bulgaria Historical VR Museum

площад Бански 1, 1000 Sofia Center, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

 

 

The museum has a collection of around 120,000 objects, covering the period between 6th millennium BC up to the1940s

 

 

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In 1889 the Austrian architect Emil von Förster won an international competition for a mineral bath with a hotel and started the construction of the building. After the Second World War, the large bathroom was restored and officially proclaimed as monument of culture of local importance.

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

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The permanent exposition is presented in eight halls with a total area of 2300 m2. It includes exhibits, covering a period of more than eight thousand years, from the Neolithic to the 1940s.

 

 

 

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Regional History Museum, Sofia is located in one of the most beautiful and emblematic buildings of the capital city, the former Central Mineral Bathhouse, built in 1912. It is known among the residents of the city as the “Museum of Sofia”.

 

 

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Including the Research Library and Photo Archives. The collection is displayed in eight themed rooms: Antiquity, The Strength of the Spirit, Links with European Dynasties, A Sofia Street, State and Municipal Institutions, Sofia Home and Clothing, Culture and Leisure. The Sofia History Museum also organises temporary exhibitions in two other rooms.

 

 

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They are grouped by themes, “Heritage from Antiquity”, “Power of the Spirit”, “The Dynastic Connection to Western Europe”, “The Palace Study”, “A Street in Sofia”, “State and Municipal Institutions”, “Homes and Clothing of citizens of Sofia”, “Cultural Life and Entertainment”.

 

 

 

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 The small bathroom building was officially opened in 1908, and the large one - with two swimming pools, family baths, Roman baths - on May 13th 1913. A year later in 1914 a water healing treatment institute with special water facilities was opened in the northern wing of the bath.

 

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 The facilities were supplied with water from the mineral springs beneath the building. During the bombing of Sofia (1944) the small bathroom building was broken down, and parts of the large one were seriously affected.

 

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 After the Second World War, the large bathroom was restored and officially proclaimed as monument of culture of local importance.

 

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Due to depreciation in 1986, the building was closed for visitors and completely abandoned after 1989. 

 

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In the mid-1990’s, the building was gradually restored. From 2015, it houses the Museum of History of Sofia. 

 

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The collection is displayed in eight themed rooms: Antiquity, The Strength of the Spirit, Links with European Dynasties, A Sofia Street, State and Municipal Institutions, Sofia Home and Clothing, Culture and Leisure. 

 

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Under the current Basilica of St. Sophia there are exhibited burial facilities from the eastern necropolis of the ancient town of Serdica and the remains of three earlier churches.

 

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Ancient cultural and communication complex “Serdica” combines areas with various purposes, divided into two zones. The “Largo” zone, situated underneath Nezavisimost Square, integrates the unearthed archaeological remains into a site for cultural events. 

 

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The remains of one of the two main streets of the Roman town, the decumanus maximus, which connects the eastern and the western gate of the city, can be seen here.

 

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Winter vacation spent in continued activities for children related to the history of Sofia, creative games on various topics - history, archeology, ethnography, numismatics, architecture and fine arts. 

 

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Educational program during summer vacation devoted to topics from history, archeology, ethnography, numismatics, architecture and fine arts with visits to the city's sights (museums, religious temples, monuments, etc).

 

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The accent is on some of the most important moments of the history of the city, its election for capital in 1879 and the decades before the beginning of the wars from 1912–1918. This is the period during which Sofia is transformed from a small oriental city into a modern European capital.

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Official website for further tour operators

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https://www.sofiahistorymuseum.bg/en/

 

 

 

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