- Elka 6521 calculator, 1965
- Ford Model A, 1928
- Spherical Electrostatic Ion Trap, Bulgaria 1300 satellite, 1980
Национален политехнически музей | |
Established | 1957 |
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Location | ul. Opalchenska 66, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Type | Science museum |
Collection size | 22,000 [1] (1,000 displayed [2] ) |
Visitors | 30,000 [3] |
Director | Ekaterina Tsekova |
Curator | Lyuba Dashovska |
Owner | Ministry of Culture |
Website | polytechnic-museum.com |
The National Polytechnical Museum (Bulgarian : Национален политехнически музей) is a science museum located in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The National Polytechnical Museum was established on 13 May 1957 [4] by a Council of Ministers decree, initially under the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It was declared a national museum in 1968. [3]
Since 1992, the museum is located in a building formerly used as a museum to Georgi Dimitrov. It has been completely renovated in 2012 at a cost of 640,000 lv (326,000 euro). [1] The National Polytechnical Museum regularly participates in the annual Night of Museums. [5]
The museum has a collection of more than 22,000 items, but only 1,000 of them are permanently displayed. Collections are supplemented by a library with more than 12,000 books and journals, and an archive of about 2,000 documents. Permanent collections are divided in exhibitions of time measurement, transportation, photography and cinema, optics, audio equipment, radio and television, computing equipment, communications equipment and others. [3]
Some of the items on display include: [6]
The museum is located on ul. Opalchenska 66. It is open from Monday to Saturday from 9 to 17 o'clock. Fees range from 1 to 7 leva; fees for laboratory demonstrations are 10 or 15 leva (for groups of more than 10 people). [7]
Service | Station/Stop | Lines/Routes served | Distance from NPM |
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Sofia Trolleybus Service | bul. Kiril i Metodiy | 1, 5 | 50 m |
Sofia Bus Service | bul. Kiril i Metodiy | 74 | 50 m |
Sofia Metro | Opalchenska | 1 | 450 m |
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