- Earth and Man National Museum
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Coordinates: 42°40′47″N 23°19′14″E / 42.67972°N 23.32056°E
The main entrance to the Earth and Man museum
The museum with Vitosha in the backgroundThe Earth and Man National Museum (Bulgarian: Национален музей „Земята и хората“, romanized Natsionalen muzey „Zemyata i horata“) is a mineralogical museum in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
It's one of the biggest mineralogical museums in the world. It was founded on 30 December 1985 and opened for visitors on 19 June 1987. The museum is situated in a reconstructed and adapted historic building with an area of 4,000 m² constructed in the end of the 19th century (1896–1898). It has a number of exhibition halls, stock premises, laboratories, a video room and a conference room. Its collection covers 40% of all known naturally occurring minerals as well as man-made ceramics prepared by Bulgarian scientists.
Apart from its permanent expositions related to mineral diversity, the museum also often hosts exhibitions connected with various other topics as well as concerts of chamber music.
Gallery
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Large painting on left
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Main hall inside museum
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Large painting on right
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Quartz, tourmaline
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Amethyst geode
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Petrified tree
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Large painting on left
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Rose quartz
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Large painting on right
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„Duckling“
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Benefactors
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National Fund „13 Centuries of Bulgaria“
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian and English)
Categories:- Buildings and structures in Sofia
- Culture in Sofia
- National museums of Bulgaria
- Museums established in 1985
- 1890s architecture
- European museum stubs
- Bulgarian building and structure stubs
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