Sights in Region South-Western

The Jewish Historical Museum in Sofia was created May 8, 1992 and is the successor of the existed in the period 1968 - 1990 exposition "The rescue of Bulgarian Jews 1941-1944". The museum is housed in the building of the Sofia Synagogue and is managed by the Organization of Jews in...

The National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia was opened on 5 November 1985. It is housed in the reconstructed building of the old State Printing House designed by the Vienna architect Friedrich Schwanberg. The gallery is disposed in 19 rooms (four floors) at total exhibition area around 3,200 m2....

The Museum of owls is located near Sofia, in borders of park Vitosha, in the area Beli Brezi (on the road to Golden Bridges, a few kilometers after the "Tihiat kat", near the fork to Kopitoto). It provides information about 10 species of owls which can be found in Bulgaria - how the...

The museum of Skrebatno was created by an initiative committee with the help of the whole population of the village. It is housed in a unique building that is more than 300 years old and is built over a ravine, in an old Bulgarian architectural style.The museum collection consists of two parts:-...

Near the church "Assumption" in Kyustendil, in 1820, was built the first Bulgarian school in this town. This was a small, so called "Cell" school (so are called all of the primary schools during the Ottoman rule). The school has had one room and it was under managaments of the church. There were ...

The Museum Gallery of Modern Art in Sofia is one of the unique galleries in Eastern Europe and certainly one of a kind on the territory of Bulgaria. There are exhibited original and unique graphic art works of XX-th century European modern artists as well as post-war American and contemporary works....

The house-museum Sarafska House (aka "Arie’s Home") is located in town of Samokov, just in front of the Synagogue. The house was one of the several homes (called "palaces") of one of the most popular Jewish families in Bulgaria - Arie family. They are sefardic Jews coming from Wien and they sett...

This museum is an integral part of higher school National Academy of Art , which accounts for its very special place at the academy. It ranks among the oldest museums in Bulgaria and was established simultaneously with the State School of Drawing in 1896. Throughout the years, it has not only...

The National Church Museum of History and Archaeology is located in center of Sofia, in the building of the Theological Faculty of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". It is created in 1922 and from then has four departments: Manuscripts and incunabula, iconographic, artistic,...

The "Garrison shooting ground" was part of former Sofia barracks, located south of the city center - today in borders of South Park. The buildings were constructed in the early 30s of XX century for the needs of the Sofia garrison and until 1969 have been used by the army, by the Civil...