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In Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, there is a national museum dedicated to military history and technology. It was opened on July 4, 1916. This institution is a structural unit of the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria and is directly subordinate to it.

The Military History Museum is a large-scale exhibition of military equipment, weapons, ammunition, equipment, as well as military materials and photographs. It is located both on the territory of the building on an area of 5 thousand square meters, and in the adjacent park, in the open air (40 thousand square meters). In addition, the museum has a library fund and a computer center, which contains a large number of media files.

The museum has about one million exhibits that reflect the military history of Bulgaria and a number of European countries. These are various types of weapons, and military uniforms of various historical periods, and all kinds of orders, medals, awards and insignia.

By studying the exposition, visitors can trace the history of the struggle of the people of Bulgaria against the Ottoman rule, as well as study the military past of Bulgaria from ancient times to the present day. The chronological narrative in the form of thematic exhibitions ends with information about the participation of the Bulgarian army in the UN and NATO peacekeeping missions. All exhibitions are made in their original form, with accompanying pictures and sound effects. All this helps to attract a large number of visitors.

It is curious that not a single state in the world that has ever fought with Bulgaria can boast of having captured the battle banner of its enemy. while in the military history museum of Bulgaria 62 such military trophies are collected. Of course, the Bulgarian state participated in many wars and did not always emerge victorious from them. However, not a single regimental banner fell into the wrong hands, each was saved thanks to the courage and courage of the Bulgarian sergeants and officers. The battle flags of Bulgaria are also presented at exhibitions in the museum.

230 samples of aircraft and naval equipment, artillery weapons are located in the open air.

In addition to permanent expositions, temporary exhibitions on various topics are also held in the halls of the National Museum.

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