The National History Museum is involved in the unique project of the world famous Swedish rock band Sabaton "History Rocks"

On November 11th and 18th, Sabaton's World War I animated film "The War To End All Wars – The Movie" will be shown in the Museum's Plenary Hall

The National History Museum is participating in the unique project of the world famous Swedish rock band Sabaton "History Rocks".

On the November 11, 2023 (Saturday), 11:00 a.m. and 13:00 p.m., and November 18, 2023 (Saturday), 11:00 a.m. and 13:00 p.m., the museum's Plenary Hall will screen the 67-minute music film, which features songs from Sabaton's 10th studio album, The War To End All Wars. The film vividly tells the stories of the First World War, giving viewers a better understanding of what the songs on the album were written about. It is a musical and historical adventure covering various themes. One of them is about the military actions at Doiran, on the Macedonian front, and the heroism of the troops led by Gen. Vladimir Vazov.

The movie "The War To End All Wars", created in collaboration with Yarnhub Animation Studios is a concise, thought provoking and emotionally charged work with a strong focus on storytelling. The filmmakers do a lot of research and effort to ensure that it portrays the story as accurately as possible. The History Rocks project is an ode to the First World War and takes viewers on an educational journey through some of the most harrowing stories from the period of one of the most devastating wars and the first major disaster of the 20th century. The animated film production is in English, but will be broadcast with Bulgarian subtitles.

Sabaton have a huge fan base (over 100 million listeners a year) consisting of people of all ages and nationalities, and the band's music is based on historical facts.

Historian Hristo Hristov from the National History Museum will give a brief introduction to the Bulgarian participation in the First World War, with an emphasis on the military actions at Doiran. Thus, the museum in the film's world premiere and possibly the largest worldwide museum campaign of its kind.

By purchasing a ticket worth the entrance fee to visit the National Museum of History, you join Sabaton's worldwide charity museum initiative to support museums and their work.

By pre-purchasing a ticket from the museum box office, you will be able to reserve a place in the Plenary Hall, where on November 11, 2023 (Saturday), from 11:00 a.m. and 13:00 p.m., and on the 18 November 2023 (Saturday), at 11:00 am and 13:00 pm will be the screenings of the 67-minute musical film "The War To End All Wars".

A plenary hall has 300 seats, and admission to the film screenings is worth the price of a museum ticket: https://historymuseum.org/prices-and-working-time/

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the box office of the National History Museum (Vitoshko Lale St. 16) from 01.11.2023 (Wednesday), every day from 09:30 a.m. to 17:15 p.m., as well as on the days of the screenings.