List of museums in Romania
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In Bucharest
- "Theodor Aman" Museum
- "Grigore AntipaGrigore AntipaGrigore Antipa was a Romanian Darwinist biologist who studied the fauna of the Danube Delta and the Black Sea. Between 1892 and 1944 he was the director of the Bucharest Natural History Museum, which now bears his name....
" Natural History National Museum - "Tudor Arghezi" Memorial House
- National Museum of Art of RomaniaNational Museum of Art of RomaniaThe National Museum of Art of Romania is located in the former royal palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest, Romania, completed in 1937...
- Museum of Art CollectionsMuseum of Art CollectionsThe Museum of Art Collections is a branch of the National Museum of Art of Romania and is situated in Bucharest. It contains 44 collections donated to the Romanian State beginning with 1927 by the families of: Hurmuz Aznavorian, Dumitru and Maria Ştefănescu, Josefina and Eugen Taru, Emanoil Romulus...
- Aviation Museum
- "Dr. Victor Babeş" Memorial Museum
- "George and Agatha Bacovia" Memorial House
- "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre Museum
- National Museum of Contemporary Art
- Cotroceni PalaceCotroceni PalaceCotroceni Palace is a palace in Bucharest which is the residence of the President of Romania, located at Bulevardul Geniului, nr. 1.On Cotroceni Hill, in 1679, Şerban Cantacuzino built a monastery...
National Museum - George Enescu Museum
- National Geological MuseumGeology Museum (Romania)The National Geology Museum is hosted by the building built in 1906 for the Geological Institute of Romania. The building was designed by the Victor Ştefănescu using the neo-Brâncovenesc style, and was declared an architectural monument. The museum hosts a collection of 80,000 samples of rocks,...
- "Vasile Grigore - painter and collector" Art Museum
- "Dimitrie Gusti" Village MuseumVillage MuseumThe Village Museum is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herăstrău Park , showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m2, and contains 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania.It was created in 1936 by Dimitrie Gusti, Victor Ion...
- National Museum of Romanian HistoryNational Museum of Romanian HistoryThe National Museum of Romanian History is a museum on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanianhistorical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times....
- Jewish History MuseumJewish Museum (Bucharest)The Jewish Museum in Bucharest, Romania is located in the former Templul Unirea Sfântă synagogue, which survived both World War II and Nicolae Ceauşescu unscathed....
- Dimitrie Leonida Technical MuseumDimitrie Leonida Technical MuseumThe Romanian Technical Museum was founded in 1909 by Dimitrie Leonida, inspired by Munchen technical museum, visited during his studies in Charlottenburg Politechnic institute....
("Prof. Eng. Dimitrie Leonida" Technological Museum) - National Museum of Romanian Literature
- Military MuseumNational Military Museum (Romania)The National Military Museum , located at 125-127 Mircea Vulcănescu St., Bucharest, Romania, was established in 1923 by King Ferdinand. It has been at its present site since 1988, in a building finished in 1898.- External links :...
- "Eng. Dumitru Minovici" Western Old Art Museum
- "Prof. Dr. Nicolae Minovici" Folk Art Museum
- "Ion Minulescu" Memorial House
- Bucharest Municipality Museum
- Museum of the National Bank of Romania
- Theodor Pallady MuseumTheodor Pallady MuseumThe Theodor Pallady Museum is a museum situated in one of the oldest surviving merchant houses in Bucharest, Romania. It includes many works by the well-known Romanian painter Theodor Pallady, as well as a number of European and Oriental furniture pieces....
- Antiquities Collection of "Vasile Pârvan" Institute of Archaeology
- Museum of the Romanian PeasantMuseum of the Romanian PeasantThe Museum of the Romanian Peasant is a museum in Bucharest, Romania, with a collection of textiles , icons, ceramics, and other artifacts of Romanian peasant life...
- National Philatelic Museum
- Polytechnical University Museum
- "Liviu Rebreanu and Fanny Rebreanu" Memorial House
- Museum of Sports in Romania
- "Admiral Vasile Urseanu" Observatory of Bucharest City
- Zambaccian MuseumZambaccian MuseumThe Zambaccian Museum in Bucharest, Romania is a museum in the former home of Krikor Zambaccian , an Armenian businessman and art collector. The museum was founded in 1947, closed by the Ceauşescu regime in 1977, and re-opened in 1992. It is now a branch of The National Museum of Art of Romania...
In Wallachia
- Vergu-Mănăilă HouseVergu-Manaila HouseThe Vergu-Mănăilă house is the oldest surviving building in Buzău, Romania. An 18th century boyar's mansion, renovated between 1971 and 1974, it hosts a museum of ethnography and folk art....
- Buzau - LuminişLuminisThe Luminiş Villa, George Enescu Memorial House is located in the Cumpătu district, the only suburb of Sinaia, Romania. Located on the right bank of Prahova River. It was owned by the Romanian composer and musician George Enescu...
- Sinaia - Iron Gates Region MuseumIron Gates Region MuseumIron Gates Region Museum is a museum in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania.In 1912, Professor Alexandru Bărcăcilă established the "History Museum of Traian High School", that moved in 1926 to the newly built construction near the Roman camp, that formerly had to shelter a museum named from then...
- Drobeta-Turnu SeverinDrobeta-Turnu SeverinDrobeta-Turnu Severin is a city in Mehedinţi County, Oltenia, Romania, on the left bank of the Danube, below the Iron Gates.The city administers three villages: Dudaşu Schelei, Gura Văii, and Schela Cladovei...
In Iaşi
- Moldova National Museum ComplexPalace of Culture (Iasi)The Palace of Culture is an edifice located in Iaşi, Romania. The building served as Administrative Palace and then Palace of Justice until 1955, when its destination was changed again, being assigned to the four museums nowadays united under the name of Moldova National Museum Complex...
- Art Museum of Moldavia
- Moldavia's History Museum
- Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia
- Science and Technology Museum
- Union Museum
- Mihail KogălniceanuMihail KogalniceanuMihail Kogălniceanu was a Moldavian-born Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania October 11, 1863, after the 1859 union of the Danubian Principalities under Domnitor Alexander John Cuza, and later served as Foreign Minister under Carol I. He...
Museum - Poni-Cernătescu Museum
- Al. I. CuzaAlexander John CuzaAlexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia between 1859 and 1866.-Early life:...
Museum (in RuginoasaRuginoasa, IasiRuginoasa is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Dumbrăviţa, Rediu, Ruginoasa and Vascani.-References:...
) - CucuteniCucuteniCucuteni is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania, with a population of 1,446 as of 2002. It is located 45 km from the city of Iaşi and 10 km from the town of Târgu Frumos. Neighbouring villages and communes are Todireşti , Târgu Frumos and Cotnari and Ruginoasa...
Neolithic archeological site Museum - Museum of Vineyard and Wine (in HârlăuHârlauHârlău is a town in Iaşi County, Moldavia, Romania. the estimated population is 11,271. It was the capital city of Moldova in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town.-Population:...
) - Romanian Literature Museum
- Theatre Museum
- Vasile PogorVasile PogorVasile Pogor , was a Romanian poet, translator, politician, and founding member of the Junimea literary society....
Museum - Ion CreangăIon CreangaIon Creangă was a Moldavian-born Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher. A main figure in 19th century Romanian literature, he is best known for his Childhood Memories volume, his novellas and short stories, and his many anecdotes...
Museum - Mihai EminescuMihai EminescuMihai Eminescu was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul , the official newspaper of the Conservative Party...
Museum - George TopîrceanuGeorge TopîrceanuGeorge Topîrceanu was a Romanian poet, short story writer, and humourist.-Biography:Born in Bucharest, Topîrceanu began his schooling in the city, and then moved to the hilly countryside of the Argeş county, in the Şuici commune, where he formed his taste for themes taken from nature...
Museum - Mihai Codreanu Museum
- Mihail SadoveanuMihail SadoveanuMihail Sadoveanu was a Romanian novelist, short story writer, journalist and political figure, who twice served as acting republican head of state under the communist regime . One of the most prolific Romanian-language writers, he is remembered mostly for his historical and adventure novels, as...
Museum - Nicolae Gane Museum
- Otilia Cazimir Museum
- DosofteiDosofteiDimitrie Barilă, better known under his monastical name Dosoftei , was a Moldavian Metropolitan, scholar, poet and translator....
Museum - Vasile AlecsandriVasile AlecsandriVasile Alecsandri was a Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat. He collected Romanian folk songs and was one of the principal animators of the 19th century movement for Romanian cultural identity and union of Moldavia and Wallachia....
Museum (in MirceştiMircestiMirceşti is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Iugani and Mirceşti. It also included the villages of Izvoarele, Răchiteni and Ursăreşti until 2004, when these were split off to form Răchiteni Commune.-References:...
) - Constantin NegruzziConstantin NegruzziConstantin Negruzzi was a Romanian poet, novelist, translator, playwright and politician.Born in Trifeştii Vechi, Moldavia, he studied at home with a Greek teacher. He admitted in a later article that he learnt Romanian by himself, from a book written by Petru Maior...
Museum (in HermeziuTrifesti, IasiTrifeşti is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Hermeziu, Trifeşti, Vladomira and Zaboloteni.-References:...
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- Natural History Museum
Other
- "Hanul Domnesc" (The Princely Inn) Ethnographic Museum - Suceava
- Archaeology Museum Piatra NeamţArchaeology Museum Piatra Neamt-External links:* * *...
In Transylvania
- Ethnographic Museum of TransylvaniaEthnographic Museum of TransylvaniaThe Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania is situated in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. With a history of more than 80 years, the Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania is one of the first and greatest of its kind in Romania...
- Cluj-Napoca - Transylvanian History Museum - Cluj-Napoca
- Cluj-Napoca Bánffy Palace
- Brukenthal National MuseumBrukenthal National MuseumThe Brukenthal National Museum is a museum, erected in the late of 15th century in Sibiu, Romania, housed in the palace of Samuel von Brukenthal — who was Habsburg governor of Transylvania and who established its first collections around 1790...
- Sibiu - ASTRA National Museum ComplexASTRA National Museum Complex"ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre. It is the successor of the ASTRA museum that has...
- Sibiu - Crişeni - Museum of Straw Hats
- Museum of Dacian and Roman CivilisationMuseum of Dacian and Roman CivilisationThe Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation is a museum in Deva, Romania. A brief history of Deva and its other neighbouring citadels as well as extensive archaeological discoveries from the numerous sights in and around the Orăştie Mountains are exhibited in the museum.The museum was founded in...
- Deva - Sibiu Steam Locomotives MuseumSibiu Steam Locomotives MuseumThe Steam Locomotives Museum is a museum in Sibiu, Romania. It houses a collection of steam locomotives and engines.Inaugurated in 1994, the museum comprises 23 standard gauge locomotives, 10 narrow gauge locomotives, 3 snowploughs and 2 steam cranes...
- Teleki LibraryTeleki LibraryThe Teleki Library , also known as Teleki-Bolyai Library and Bibliotheca Telekiana, is a historic public library and current museum in Târgu-Mureş, Romania...
- Târgu-Mureş - Museum of Art «Baia Mare Artistic Center» - Baia Mare