First this is 1 of 2 national gallerys (confusing i know), this is the Palace gallery and the building also houses the ethnological museum, which is a separate ticket fyi. You can see the entire space in about an hour, there are 3 floors, but only the first two are the art museum and the second floor shares its space with the other museum. At 6 lev, 2 lev on Thursdays, its worth the trip with many paintings on Bulgaria's royal family and when i was there exhibits on current photographers and painters

The gallery is really big. With 3 floors with so many paintings and sculptures. 90% is bulgarian artists but other 10% are artist like: Renoir, Courbet, Vuillard, Henry Moret, Pascin, Lhoté, Valadon, Rodin etc. Really great museum. 10 levs is entrance.

Beautiful paintings and sculpture at this museum. We wish we’d allowed more time here. The staff at the museum were helpful, especially at the end of our visit, when we were having difficulty hailing a taxi. They stayed after hours to make sure we had a way to get back to our hotel.

Sofia National Art Gallery is a wonderful art gallery with some special exhibits that provide an insight into Bulgarian art. The temporary Vasil Chakarov exhibit was absolutely wonderful and eye opening. It is very inexpensive to visit and there is much to see. I would allow three to four hours to see everything properly. The staff were very friendly and helpful except for one who claimed I did not have the right ticket and was rather rude. Thankfully other staff members put her right and I was able to complete all the rooms.