Some of the capital's main museums will take part in the European Heritage Days initiative on Sunday, with admission free for visitors.
The National Polytechnic Museum is taking part in the initiative, and in addition to the permanent exhibitions, guests will also have the opportunity to see the photo exhibition "Sofia Captured in Time" - a photographic walk through the capital's iconic buildings.
The National Museum of Literature is also free, as well as the house-museums "Ivan Vazov", "P. К. Yavorov" and "Nikola Y. Vaptsarov". The house museum "Nikola Y. Vaptsarov" visitors will be able to see the exhibition "Beyond the Barrier", which marks 110 years since the birth of Pavel Vezhinov.
The museum "Earth and People" will be open with museum tickets at discounted prices. In addition to the permanent exhibitions, the temporary exhibitions "New Arrivals 2024", "The Green Tale of Stone", "In the Wonderful World of Concretions" - a collection by Vanyusha Ivanov and "Smart Minerals for Smart Phones" will be open to the public.
The National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will be free for children up to 14 years on 21 and 22 September. Visitors will be able to see the permanent exhibition and the two temporary exhibitions "Contemporary Challenges to Bulgarian Biospeleology" and Denitsa Peneva's solo exhibition "Illustratorium II".
The National Archaeological Museum will also open its doors to the public on Sunday on the occasion of Bulgaria's Independence Day and the European Heritage Days. Visitors will be able to see a temporary exhibition "The Lords of Salt: Provadia-Solnitsa 5600-4350 BC". It presents more than 530 artifacts discovered during the excavations of the salt mining and urban centre of Provadia-Solnitsa. The exhibits date back to the Late Prehistory (6th and 5th millennia BC), with objects from the Late Hellenistic period and Antiquity also represented.
European Heritage Days have been held since 1985. According to the European Cultural Convention, signed by 50 countries, the initiative brings together cultural institutions across the EU and involves more than 20 million European citizens. I BGNES
