Photographic Collections of the Ethnographic Institute and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences [Mid 19th - Mid 20th century]

This Fonds consists of digitised copies of the photographic collections held by the Ethnographic Institute and Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.

Dated from the mid 19th to mid 20th centuries, the photographs are arranged into three Series - negatives, ethnographic photographs, glass plates - and document ethnographic, historical and artistic research. Photographic subjects include traditional costumes, celebrations, material culture, architecture, agricultural methods and implements, artistic works, and geographic and environmental features.