The richest museum in Bulgaria, holding more than 650,000 objects covering everything from Thracian gold to twentieth-century state regalia. The Panagyurishte and Rogozen treasures — fourth-century BC ceremonial gold and silver — are the headlines. Medieval crowns, weapons, costumes, and ecclesiastical art fill the rest.
The museum sits on the southern edge of the city near Vitosha, in the former government residence at Boyana. Plan two to three hours. It pairs well with a visit to Boyana Church a few hundred metres away, and bus 111 connects to the metro at Vitosha station.