History and teachings
The museum exhibitions are organized based on topics, chronology, and collections. Of the one million valuables in our collections, 28 000 exhibits are on display. In the thematic chronological galleries, recounting the development of the Bulgarian Army, the emphasis is on the participation of the armed forces in the wars for national unification. The collection halls present weapons, decorations, and uniforms – the museum’s oldest and richest collections.

The library offers access to about 15 000 volumes of specialized literature.

Cross-cultural dimensions
The National Museum of Military History (NMMH) is a state museum, which since its establishment is a structure of the Ministry of Defense (the Ministry of War and the Ministry of National Defense, respectively).

It acquires, conserves, researches, and communicates cultural valuables associated with national and European military history. NMMH operations cover the entire state territory.

Through its more than a century-long presence in the country’s cultural life, the museum collections have preserved and analyzed more than

1 000 000 cultural valuables – testimonies to Bulgarian and European military history

Useful information:
recommended for all; general; requires prior knowledge on military aspects and history; accessible;

Public transportation avaialble

Accessibility (for disabled) , preparedness of the staffaccessible depending on the disability

Infrastructure, staff, safety measures, languages Bulgarian and English, internal part of the museum and yard exhibits