National Museum of Military History
The National Military History Museum is a museum dedicated to military history in Sofia, Bulgaria. A structure of the Ministry of Defence, it has existed under various names and subordinate to various institutions since 1 August 1914.Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “National Museum of Military History, Bulgaria”
- Address: Черковна 92, 1505
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vasil Levski National Stadium and Bulgarian Army Stadium.
Vasil Levski National Stadium
Stadium
Photo: JukoFF, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vasil Levski National Stadium, named after Bulgarian national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski, is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,230 seats and is located in the centre of Sofia, on the territory of the city's oldest and most famous park - the Borisova gradina. Vasil Levski National Stadium is situated 1¼ km west of National Museum of Military History.
Bulgarian Army Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wiöldcard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stadion Balgarska Armia is a stadium of the Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia. It is situated in the Borisova gradina in the centre of Sofia. Until 2024 the stadium had four sectors and a total of 22,995 seats, of which 2,100 are covered; the pitch length was 106 meters and the width was 66 meters. Bulgarian Army Stadium is situated 1 km southwest of National Museum of Military History.
Serdika Center
Shopping center
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Serdika Center Sofia is a shopping mall located in Sofia, Bulgaria, opened in the spring of 2010 and has more than 210 stores. Serdika Center Sofia is located on Sitnyakovo Boulevard in the municipality of Oborishte. Serdika Center is situated 420 metres northeast of National Museum of Military History.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yavorov and Largo.
Largo
Locality
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Largo is an architectural ensemble of three Socialist Classicism buildings around Independence Square in central Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was designed and built in the 1950s with the intention of becoming the city's new representative centre. Largo is situated 2½ km northwest of National Museum of Military History.
Sofia
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria, with about 2 million citizens. It is a dynamic European capital, distinguished by its unique combination of European and communist-style architecture as well as many beautiful Orthodox churches, including the grand Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the medieval frescos of Boyana Church.
National Museum of Military History
- Categories: military museum, national museum, administrative structure of Bulgaria, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.68853° or 42° 41′ 19″ northLongitude
23.35047° or 23° 21′ 2″ eastOpen location code
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Q1066518
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“National Museum of Military History” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բուլղարիայի ռազմական պատմության ազգային թանգարան”
- Azerbaijani: “Bolqarıstan Hərb Tarixi Muzeyi”
- Bulgarian: “Военноисторически музей”
- Bulgarian: “Национален военноисторически музей в София”
- Bulgarian: “Национален военноисторически музей”
- Bulgarian: “НВИМ”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی نیشتمانی مێژووی سەربازی، بولگاریا”
- Chinese: “保加利亚国家军事历史博物馆”
- Chinese: “保加利亞國家軍事歷史博物館”
- French: “musée national d’histoire militaire”
- French: “Musée national d’histoire militaire”
- German: “Bulgarisches Nationales Militärgeschichtliches Museum”
- German: “Nationalmuseum der Militärgeschichte”
- German: “Nazionalen woennoistoritscheski musej”
- German: “Национален военноисторически музей”
- Italian: “Museo nazionale di storia militare”
- Japanese: “ブルガリア国立軍事史博物館”
- Japanese: “国立軍事史博物館”
- Japanese: “軍事史博物館 (ブルガリア)”
- Macedonian: “Национален военоисториски музеј”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de História Militar (Bulgária)”
- Portuguese: “Museu Nacional de História Militar”
- Romanian: “Muzeul Național de Istorie Militară (Sofia)”
- Russian: “Национальный музей военной истории”
- Turkish: “Bulgaristan Ulusal Askeri Tarih Müzesi”
- Turkish: “Bulgaristan Ulusal Askerî Tarih Müzesi”
- Ukrainian: “Національний військово-історичний музей”
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