The Regional Museum of Natural History - Plovdiv is the second largest and most prestigious natural science museum in the country, with a modern and contemporary style, with an enhanced nature conservation idea.
It was opened on September 5, 1955, and on May 8, 1960, the first scientific and artistically arranged exhibition was opened, with subjects the Bulgarian flora, fauna and geology. Since 1967 the museum has a separate room for a library, allowing the library fund to be distributed by department. Today, the museum's library has 7740 books. From 1988 to 1993, there was a complete improvement of the existing exposition, with an enhanced ecological element in all the halls, enrichment with new materials, showcases, new artwork of the showrooms in the existing halls. Since 2006, the museum has acquired the status of a regional one. The museum maintains a variety of educational programs for pupils and students. All major collections are presented in separate parts of the permanent exhibition - minerals, botany, invertebrates, aquarium, seabed, amphibians, fish and reptiles, birds, mammals, terrarium.
Translation Yordan Georgiev - trainee
