%0 Journal Article %T The National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum in the Socio-Cultural Space %J The Balkans %D 2017 %X The National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum is one of the biggest and oldest museums in Bulgaria and is in possession of a unique fund of movable cultural valuables belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The aim of the present paper is to present the role of the museum in the socio-cultural space accentuating on the different forms of communication within the territory of the museum as well as outside it. The analysis of the museum¡¯s activities shows that the National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum still remains a classical type of museum failing to be in line with the notion of a modern museum institution. In this connection, concrete suggestions are offered with a view to its wider opening to the audience %K The National Church Historical and Archaeological Museum in the Socio-Cultural Space %U http://journals.uni-vt.bg/balkans/eng/vol5/iss1/14