National Ethnographic Institute-Museum

The Ethnographic Institute with Museum, part of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, is located in the building of the Royal Residence of Sofia (cultural architectural monument). The museum was founded in 1892 and was part of the National Museum. It was not until 1906 that it began to exist separately. In 1954, he moved into the former royal residence.

The museum presents many collections of different orientations, consecrate the life, traditions, beliefs of the Bulgarian people, as well as their way of life on weekdays and weekends.

More than 4,000 exhibits are dedicated to wood carving. Here are spoons, spinning wheels, candlesticks, furniture elements and much more. There are expositions of wooden national musical instruments: pipes, bagpipes. Interesting and collection of church utensils.

A lot of space is devoted to embroidery. It is believed that Bulgarian embroidery is one of the distinctive features of the folklore of this people. Here you can look at traditional clothes decorated with intricate patterns.

Also, no less interesting collections of painted Easter eggs, ritual bread, carpets, wedding flags and amulets.

Information literature can be purchased at the entrance to the museum.