Muzeiko Architecture And Exhibits In The News
We’ve compiled a list of some exciting news items on Muzeiko, a brand new Children’s Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria that our firm completed in the Fall of 2015. SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership was responsible for the design of both the architecture and exhibits.
Bulgarian Building of the Year Award, Education Category
2015 | Bulgaria Building of the Year National Contest
Muzeiko – America for Bulgaria Children’s Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria, by SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership
Colorful “Little Mountains” Highlight Eastern Europe’s First Children’s Museum and Science Center
January 2016 | By John Stoughton
SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership has designed a new children’s museum called “Muzeiko” in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia to balance complex form, regional relevance, and whimsical fun.
Coloured “Mountains” Protrude from Children’s Science Museum by SKOLNICK
October 2015 | By Jessica Mairs
The 3,250-square-metre facility, which achieved an energy efficiency LEED rating of gold, features a green roof with a climbing wall, observation point and an amphitheater.
MUZEIKO – America for Bulgaria Children’s Museum
October 20, 2015
In their design for the very first children's museum in Bulgaria, New York's Lee H. Skolnick Architecture and Design Partnership designed a simple, L-shaped glass volume that is pierced by three faceted objects, what they refer to as "mountains."
Take a Peek Inside Bulgaria’s First Children’s Museum
October 2015 | By Shaunacy Ferro
Muzeiko (Little Museum) brings the American phenomenon of the children’s museum to Eastern Europe, where interactive educational exhibits are not a normal part of museum culture.
SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership Completes Museum in Bulgaria
October 2015 | By Christopher DeSantis
Converted from a former university building, the 35,000-square-foot structure is the largest children’s museum in Southeast Europe.
Bulgaria Opens Its First Children’s Museum, Designed by an American
September 2015 | By Kristin Hohenadel
A centerpiece of the interior is a glass and steel tree branching three levels of the museum. It represents the past, present, and future, from exhibits on geology, to the natural environment, to futuristic themes.
A Children’s Museum Comes to Bulgaria
October 2013 | By Georgi Kantchev
“We see our museum as a revolution in Bulgaria,” Bistra Kirova, the museum’s director, said in an interview here. It is a revolution badly needed in country where “there is no real policy aimed at children.”