It seems like someone forgot this huge building somewhere in the 1970s . Dirty, dusty, disorganized and it seems like they mostly use it for events as a rent-a-hall. VERY SAD!!! Don't bother going there.

Only knew of museum by being told - the title "Museum of earth and man" is misleading. It is worth a visit if only to view the vast collection of amethyst, quartz as well as most obscure minerals and semi-precious stones. There is a small...More

Located near NDK (NPC - National Palace of Culture), this Museum has a curios name, that I can only explain with the exhibition on the second floor where is the effect on peoples progress and usage of different minerals, otherwise it should have been called...More

The collection of stones is not the best in the world but very good though. Very badly (or not) illuminated in this sovjet style museum that others would call "old charm" perhaps.

This museum has an amazing collection of huge crystals. All the displays are in Bulgarian, so I didn't really learn anything, but loved it anyway. Shame they don't have a gift shop selling little polished stones to,take home.

There are thousands of exhibits, but little labeling in English. There are a few posters presumably advising how the crystals were formed and where on earth they can be found however none of these are in English - a shame.

Every kind of mineral known to man on display, along with some giant crystals.