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THE NATIONAL GALLERY presents YAVOR TSANEV (1956 – 2014) METAMORPHOSIS April 19 – July 2, 2023 Vernissage on April 19, Wednesday, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Palace, “Knyaz Alexander I” square N1 Hits: 157

One of the most remarkable Bulgarian treasures becomes part of the exhibition “Luxury and Power: From Persia to Greece”, which opens on May 4 at the British Museum, London. This was announced by the National History Museum (NIM) on its website. The exhibition provides a fascinating opportunity to examine the ways in which luxury influenced political power in Persia and Greece. It explores the people…

Neighboring Romania hosts the largest written egg museum in the world. 30,000 exhibits are arranged in it, BTA reports. More than half are placed in 106 display cases, the rest can be found in royal homes and private collections in around 110 countries. The museum is located in Moldova, Suceava County, and bears the name of its founder – plastic artist Lucia Kondria. It can…

 The completely renovated “Heritage of Antiquity” hall, part of the permanent exhibition of the Regional History Museum – Sofia in the building at 1 Banski Square, opens its doors again. The hall will be opened on April 7, 2023 (Friday) at 1:30 p.m. The project was implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture. The content and time scope of the exposition has…

THE NATIONAL GALLERY SOFIA ARSENAL – MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART and ART IN ACTION Association present the exhibition ArchivAL and a performance programme CORPOREALLY-IMAGERIALLY 06.04–23.04.2023   Opening on Thursday, 6 April 2023, at 6 p.m. with a performance by Liliana Dvorianova  and Danail Vidinski, and with the participation of Maya Antova – Mayoto SAMCA, 2, Cherni Vrah Blvd., Sofia   The ArchivAL exhibition consists of…

Reminder to apply for the 2023 Art Museum Award European Museum Academy (artaward@europeanmuseumacademy.eu) Reminder to apply for the 2023 Art Museum Award NEW CLOSING DATE FOR THE ART MUSEUM AWARD:  15 April 2023 Apply now https://europeanmuseumacademy.eu/art-museum-award-home/ Dear colleagues, We are thrilled to announce that the European Museum Academy will once again be presenting the Art Museum Award, an annual prize recognizing exceptional art museums and…

NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC MUSEUM 1303 Sofia, Opalchenska St. 66 E-mail: polytechnic@abv.bg polytechnic.pr@abv.bg phone 931 8018, 831 3004, 832 4062 https://polytechnic-museum.com/ fax 931 4036 SPRING BREAK WITH “POLLY AND TECHNO” After a two-year hiatus due to the emergency Covid situation, the National Polytechnic Museum will once again hold a spring vacation school. From April 10 to 13, 2023, we offer children between 7 and 12 years of…

REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – PLOVDIV presents the exhibition THREADS I WEAVE AND THREADS I TWINE, JOY AND SORROW INTERTWINE… (THE MAGIC AND THE MAGICAL IN THE BULGARIAN FOLK CULTURE)   On March 15, 2023 (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. in the Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv will be held the opening of the exhibition “Threads I weave and threads I twine, joy and sorrow intertwine…” (The…

INVITATION “The Jewish Street – a Reconstruction” (exhibition) REGIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM – SOFIA Would like to invite you to the opening of the exhibition “The Jewish Street – a Reconstruction”. The opening is on 9th March 2023 (Thursday) from 6:00 pm at Regional History Museum – Sofia (address: 1 Banski Sq). Hits: 130

Dear colleagues, we inform you that the Ministry of Culture has confirmed as official the below translation of the new definition of a museum, which was communicated to us in a special letter signed by the Deputy. Minister Plamen Slavov:   Дефиниция на „музей“ Музеят е институция с нестопанска цел, чиито функции са насочени към служба на обществото. Неговата основна дейност  е да изследва, събира, съхранява,…