Museum of Socialist Art

Museum of Socialist Art, Sofia

Музей на социалистическото изкуство
The museum with the statue park in 2012
Location within Bulgaria
Established	19 September 2011 (2011-09-19)
Location	Sofia, Bulgaria
Coordinates	42°39′58″N 23°21′28″E / 42.666°N 23.3577°E / 42.666; 23.3577
Collection size	200 artifacts
Director	Bisera Yosifova
Curator	Bisera Yosifova

The Museum of Socialist Art (Bulgarian: Музей на социалистическото изкуство, romanized: Muzey na sotsialisticheskoto izkustvo) in Sofia is a museum of art which covers the history of the communist era in Bulgaria. It was established on 19 September 2011 amidst a controversy over the name, which was initially proposed as "Museum of Totalitarian Art". The museum's collection of large and small statues, busts, and paintings represents the period from 1944 to 1989, from the establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria to the fall of communism. The museum spread over an area of 7,500 square metres (81,000 sq ft) in the Sofia suburb known as "Red Star" is in three parts - a park with sculpture installations drawn from the communist period, an exhibition hall with paintings and easel representations, and a media or video hall in which films and newsreels related to the communist period are screened.