Museum
national Art Gallery Sofia

Bulgarian National Museum of Fine Arts is the largest and most representative in the country. Over the years it established itself as a center of cultural and historical memory. Beginning of the collection was laid in 1892. When creating art department of the National Archaeological Museum.

In 1948 a decision of the Council of Ministers NMBII (National Gallery) was established as an independent institution. Collections of new and contemporary Bulgarian art museum - the Liberation of Bulgaria to 90 years of the twentieth century, contain more than 30,000 products - easel paintings, prints and sculpture. The most comprehensive is presented with a painting masterpieces of the biggest Bulgarian masters. Is very rich graphics collection. The best achievements of the Bulgarian plastitsi the twentieth century in the collection. In the museum exhibitions periodically - annually about ten exhibitions devoted to the great Bulgarian artists and major problems of the new and contemporary art. By periodically replaced aggregate exposures to monitor the diversity of the artistic process of liberation to the present day. The building also houses the National Ethnographic Museum.

Price of individual ticket-6lv; for students, pensioners 3lv.