Regional History Museum – Sofia is located in one of the most beautiful and emblematic buildings of the capital city – the former Central Mineral Bathhouse, built in 1912. It is known among the residents of the city as the “Museum of Sofia”. The permanent exposition is presented in eight halls with a total area of 2300 m2. It includes exhibits, covering a period of more than eight thousand years – from the Neolithic to the 1940s. They are grouped by themes – “Heritage from Antiquity”, “Power of the Spirit”, “The Dynastic Connection to Western Europe”, “The Palace Study”, “A Street in Sofia”, “State and Municipal Institutions”, “Homes and Clothing of citizens of Sofia”, “Cultural Life and Entertainment”.
The accent is on some of the most important moments of the history of the city – its election for capital in 1879 and the decades before the beginning of the wars from 1912–1918. This is the period during which Sofia is transformed from a small oriental city into a modern European capital.
