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Romanian Museums

Alfabetical index on locality: A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, Ş, T, U, V

* Museums and Collections in Romania - on-line national database (753 records and 800 images); searchable either by museum main profile or location (county, locality).
It is included in the largest Romanian Cultural Heritage Resource: the Web site of the Institute for Cultural Memory (CIMEC) in Bucharest. (also in English)

* Virtual Museum of Traditional Architecture in the Romanian Open Air Museums - on-line national database
Over 1450 buildings in 17 open-air museums, searchable either by museum, ethnographic area, ethnical group or county. Updated regularly.

Museums are listed alphabetically in geographical order (starting with the Capital City of Bucharest).


Items starting with have been recently added. Starred items marked have large collections and/or are especially recommended. BUCUREŞTI
  1. "Admiral Vasile Urseanu" Observatory of Bucharest City
    All about astronomy.
  2. "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum
    Open-air museum.
  3. "Dr. Victor Babeş" Memorial Museum
  4. "Eng. Dumitru Minovici" Western Old Art Museum
  5. "George and Agatha Bacovia" Memorial House
  6. "Grigore Antipa" Natural History Museum
  7. "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre Museum
  8. "Ion Minulescu" Memorial House
  9. "Liviu Rebreanu and Fanny Rebreanu" Memorial House
  10. "Prof. Dr. Nicolae Minovici" Folk Art Museum
  11. "Prof. Eng. Dimitrie Leonida" National Technological Museum
  12. "Theodor Aman" Museum
  13. "Theodor Pallady" Museum
  14. "Tudor Arghezi" Memorial House
  15. "Vasile Grigore - painter and collector" Art Museum
  16. Antiquities Collection of "Vasile Pârvan" Institute of Archaeology
    History of the collection, text and period images.
  17. Art Collections Museum
    Great private art collections gathered in a unique museum.
  18. Aviation Museum
    The only Romanian museum dedicated to the history of aviation.
  19. Bucharest Municipality Museum
  20. Cotroceni National Museum
    History of the palace and many images.
  21. Museum of Sports in Romania
    History of Romanian sports.
  22. Museum of the National Bank of Romania
    Numismatic collection.
  23. National Geological Museum
    The official site of the museum: collections, programmes for the public.
  24. National History Museum of Romania
    The official site of the museum: collections, exhibitions, research, pulbication, PhD theses.
  25. National Military Museum
  26. National Museum of Art of Romania
    Collection of European and Romanian art. Friends of the museum page.
  27. National Museum of Contemporary Art of Romania
    Current exhibitions and events, information for visitors.
  28. National Museum of Romanian Literature
    The official site of the museum of Romanian literature: pages and imags of Romanian writers, exhibitions, sound recordings.
  29. National Philatelic Museum
    History of stamps and post, news, exhibitions.
  30. Polytechnical University Museum
  31. Romanian Peasant's Museum
    The official site of the museum of Romanian folk art and rural civilisation.
  32. The K.H. Zambaccian Museum
AIUD, Alba county
  1. History Museum
    Brief information about the museum inside a local portal.
  2. Natural Sciences Museum
    Brief information about the museum ina local portal.
ALBA IULIA, Alba county
  1. National Museum of Union
    Basic information regarding the museum and its collections of archaeology and history of Central Transylvania, from prehistory and Roman Period to Union Hall and the National Assembly in Alba Iulia which decided the union of Transylvania with Romania on the 1st of December 1918.
ARAD, Arad county
  1. Arad Museum Complex
    Basic information regarding the history of the museum, its permanent exhibitions of history, archaeology and arts, departments and cultural events.
BACĂU, Bacău county
  1. "George Apostu" Contemporary Art Museum - BACĂU
    Cultural centre with a rich programme of contemporary art exhibitions and cultural events.
  2. "George Bacovia" Memorial House
    Basic information on the house-museum of the Romanian poet George Bacovia in Bacău.
  3. "Ion Borcea" Museum Complex of Natural Sciences
    Information for visitors regarding the deparments of the museum: the remarkable new green house, vivarium, astronomic observatory, memorial house of the scientist Ion Borcea at Racova, events and exhibitions, the contents of the journal of the museum, educational, cultural and scientific services.
  4. "Iulian Antonescu" Museum Complex
    Official site of the museum: its history and current structure, collections of archaeology, history and ethnography, virtual tour with images from the museum, information for visitors.
  5. "V. Anestin" Astronomical Observatory
  6. Vivarium
BAIA MARE, Maramureş county
  1. "Baia Mare Art Centre" Fine Art Museum
  2. Ethnographic and Folk Art Museum
  3. Maramureş County Museum of History and Archaeology
    The official site of the museum with information for visitors, events, publications, images from exhibitions, including a permanent exhibitions on the history of the Romanian computer.
  4. Museum of Mineralogy
    Remarkable collection of mine flowers.
  5. Planetarium
BĂILE GOVORA, Vâlcea county
  1. Archaeology and Religious Art "Gheorghe Petre" Museum
BĂIŢA, Maramureş county
  1. Memorial House of the Poet Ion Şiugariu
BÂRLAD, Vaslui county
  1. "Vasile Pârvan" Museum
    The official site of the museum: history of the collections, archaeological sites, oustanding people from Barlad, events, publications, images, museum's friends page.
BĂSEŞTI, Maramureş county
  1. "Gheorghe Pop de Băseşti" Memorial House
BICAZ, Neamţ county
  1. History and Ethnography Museum
BILCA, Suceava county
  1. Bilca Museum House
BOTOŞANI, Botoşani county
  1. Botoşani County Museum
BRĂILA, Brăila county
  1. "D. P. Perpessicius" Memorial House
  2. "Panait Istrati" Memorial House
  3. Museum of Brăila
    The official site of the museum: cultural events, oustanding local people, archaeological researches, virtual exhibitions, publications of the Istros Publishing House.
  4. Museum of Brăila. "Emilia Dumitrescu" Art Gallery
  5. Museum of Brăila. Department of Natural Sciences
  6. Museum of Brăila. Ethnography and Folk Art Department
  7. Museum of Brăila. Nicăpetre Cultural Centre
BRAN, Braşov county
  1. Bran Museum
    The official site of the famous castle - museum, often associated with the myth of Dracula. Mediaeval history and royal summer residence after 1918.
BRAŞOV, Braşov county
  1. "Gheorghe Dima" Exhibition Hall
    Outstanding people from Braşov
  2. "Mureşeanu Family House" Museum
  3. "Ştefan Baciu" Memorial House - BRAŞOV
  4. Art Museum
  5. Ethnographic Museum
BREBU, Prahova county
  1. Brebu Princely House
BUJORENI, Vâlcea county
  1. Vâlcea Village Museum
    Open air museum of folk architecture.
BUZĂU, Buzău county
  1. Buzău County Museum
CÂMPINA, Prahova county
  1. "Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu" Museum
  2. "Nicolae Grigorescu" Memorial Museum
CÂMPULUNG, Argeş county
  1. Mateiaş Mausoleum
    Memorial for those who died during the fights of the first world war.
CÂMPURI, Vrancea county
  1. "Moş Ion Roată" Memorial House
CERNICA, Ilfov county
  1. Cernica Orthodox Monastery Museum Collection
CIOLPANI, Ilfov county
  1. Ţigăneşti Orthodox Monastery Museum Collection
CIPRIAN PORUMBESCU, Suceava county
  1. "Ciprian Porumbescu" Museum Complex
CISNĂDIE, Sibiu county
  1. "Textile Industry History" Museum Exhibition
CLUJ-NAPOCA, Cluj county
  1. "Alexandru Borza" Botanic Garden
  2. "Babeş-Bolyai" University Museum
  3. Art Museum
    Romanian art collection housed in a Baroque palace.
  4. Ethnographic Museum of Transylvania
  5. History of Pharmacy Collection
  6. National History Museum of Transylvania
    The official site of the museum.
  7. Vivarium of the "Babeş-Bolyai" University
  8. Zoological Museum of the "Babeş-Bolyai" University
COLTĂU, Maramureş county
  1. "Petöfi Sándor" Memorial Collection
CONSTANŢA, Constanţa county
  1. Microreserve and Exotic and Decorative Birds Exhibition
  2. Astronomic Observatory
  3. Museum of Sea
  4. Museum of the Romanian Navy
  5. National History and Archaeology Museum
  6. Natural Sciences Museum Complex
  7. Planetarium
  8. The Aquarium of Constanţa
COŞBUC, Bistriţa Năsăud county
  1. "George Coşbuc" Memorial Museum
COSTEŞTI, Vâlcea county
  1. "Al. Bălintescu" Fine Arts Collection
CRAIOVA, Dolj county
  1. Museum of Oltenia
  2. Museum of Oltenia. "Bănia House" Ethnographic Department
  3. Museum of Oltenia. History and Archaeology Department
  4. Museum of Oltenia. Natural Sciences Department
DROBETA TURNU - SEVERIN, Mehedinţi county
  1. "Iron Gates" Region Museum
    Collections of archaeology, history, arts, natural sciences and ethnography.
  2. Art Museum
FĂLTICENI, Suceava county
  1. "Ion Irimescu" Art Museum
    Modern sculpture museum.
  2. "Mihai Băcescu" Waters Museum
  3. "Mihail Sadoveanu" Memorial House
  4. Outstanding People's Gallery
FOCŞANI, Vrancea county
  1. Vrancea Museum
GALAŢI, Galaţi county
  1. History Museum
  2. Natural Sciences Museum Complex
  3. Visual Arts Museum
    Rich museum of modern art.
GIURGIU, Giurgiu county
  1. "Teohari Antonescu" County Museum. Ethnography a Folk and Art Departament
GOLEŞTI, Argeş county
  1. Vine Growing and Tree Growing Museum
    Open air museum of traditional folk architecture and the manor of the Goleşti noble family.
HUMULEŞTI, Neamţ county
  1. "Ion Creangă" Memorial House
HUNEDOARA, Hunedoara county
  1. Museum of Iron
I. L. CARAGIALE, Dâmboviţa county
  1. "Ion Luca Caragiale" Memorial House
IAŞI, Iaşi county
  1. "Anastasie Fătu" Botanic Garden
  2. "George Topârceanu" Memorial House
  3. "Ion Creangă" Memorial House ("Bojdeuca")
  4. "Mihai Eminescu" Museum
  5. "Mihail Codreanu" Memorial House ("Sonnet Villa")
  6. "Mihail Kogălniceanu" Memorial Museum
  7. "Mihail Sadoveanu" Memorial House
  8. "Moldavia" National Museum Complex
  9. "Nicu Gane" Memorial House
  10. "Otilia Cazimir" Memorial House
  11. "Poni-Cernătescu" Memorial Museum
  12. "Ştefan Procopiu" Museum of Science and Technology
  13. "Three Hierarchs" Church Museum Collection
  14. "Vasile Pogor" Memorial House
  15. Art Museum
  16. Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia
  17. Galata Monastery Museum Collection
  18. Golia Monastery Collection
  19. History Museum of Moldavia
  20. Metropolitan Dosoftei House
  21. Museum of Romanian Literature
    Illustrated pages of the writers and poets of Jassy, of the memorial houses in Jassy, Ipoteşti and other locations around them.
  22. Museum of Union
  23. Natural History Museum
IPOTEŞTI, Botoşani county
  1. Ipoteşti Memorial and "Mihai Eminescu" National Studies Centre
    The birth place of the greatest Romanian poet.
LUNCA PRUTULUI, Iaşi county
  1. "Costache Negruzzi" Memorial House
MĂLDĂREŞTI, Vâlcea county
  1. Măldăreşti Museum Complex
    Traditional fortified house (kula).
MĂLINI, Suceava county
  1. "Nicolae Labiş" Memorial House
MĂRĂŞTI, Vrancea county
  1. Mărăşti Mausoleum
    Memorial for those who died during the fights of the first world war.
MIERCUREA - CIUC, Harghita county
  1. Szekler Museum of Ciuc Region
    The official site of the museum, in Hungarian, with abstracts in Romanian, English and German; about Miko Castle, exhibitions, collections, events, and the works of local painter Nagy Imre.
MIRCEŞTI, Iaşi county
  1. "Vasile Alecsandri" Memorial House
MOISEI, Maramureş county
  1. Martyrs' House of Moisei
    29 Romanian were killed here in October 14, 1944.
MORENI, Dâmboviţa county
  1. Moreni Museum
NEGREŞTI - OAŞ, Satu Mare county
  1. Oaş Land Museum
    Collections of history and ethnography of the Oaş Land, in northern Romania.
ORADEA, Bihor county
  1. "Ady Endre" Memorial Museum
  2. "Iosif Vulcan" Memorial Museum
    Webpage in the official site of the Criş Land Museum.
  3. Criş Land Museum
    Teh official site of the museum: Information on history, archaeology, ethnography, art and natural sciences collections, temporary exhibitions, programmes for the public.
PIATRA - NEAMŢ, Neamţ county
  1. "Calistrat Hogaş" Memorial Museum
  2. "Lascăr Viorel" Art Gallery
  3. Art Museum
  4. Ethnographic Museum
  5. Natural Sciences Museum
  6. Neamţ County Museum Complex
    The official site of the museum and its departments in Piatra Neamţ and around.
  7. Princely Court Exhibition
PIETROŞIŢA, Dâmboviţa county
  1. Pietroşiţa Village Museum
PITEŞTI, Argeş county
  1. Argeş County Museum
    Official site of the museum: history of the museum and its collections of history, archaeology and natural sciences, exhibitions.
PLOIEŞTI, Prahova county
  1. "Ion Ionescu-Quintus" Prahova County Art Museum
    Information on the departments and collections, Iosif Iser International Etching Biennial, arts residence in Brebu, and the memorial house of the painter Nicoale Grigorescu in Câmpina.
  2. "Nicolae Simache" Clock Museum
    Beautiful collection of clocks and watches of all shapes and sizes, musical boxes and decorative clocks.
  3. Prahova County Museum of History and Archaeology
    History and archaeology of the Prahova area.
  4. Prahova County Natural Sciences Museum
PUCIOASA, Dâmboviţa county
  1. Ethnography Museum
RÂMNICU VÂLCEA, Vâlcea county
  1. "Anton Pann" Memorial House
  2. "Simian House" Art Museum
  3. Vâlcea County Museum
    The official site of the museum and of its departments.
RĂTEŞTI, Buzău county
  1. Răteşti Monastery Museum Collection
REŞIŢA, Caraş Severin county
  1. Museum of Banat Mountain Area
ROMAN, Neamţ county
  1. Art Museum
  2. History Museum
    Collections of local history and archaeology.
  3. Natural Sciences Museum
RUGINOASA, Iaşi county
  1. "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Memorial Museum
SÂMBĂTA DE SUS, Braşov county
  1. "Metropolitan Antonie Plămădeală" Collection - Brancovan Monastery
    Religious art.
SÂNGEORZ - BĂI, Bistriţa Năsăud county
  1. Comparative Art Museum
    Art and ethnography collections, events, catalogue of artists; many images.
SCĂRIŞOARA, Alba county
  1. Glassier and Cave of Scărişoara
SFÂNTU GHEORGHE, Covasna county
  1. National Museum of the Eastern Carpathians
  2. Szekler National Museum
SIBIU, Sibiu county
  1. "ASTRA" Museum of Traditional Folk Civilisation
  2. "ASTRA" Museum of Transylvanian Civilization
  3. "ASTRA" National Museum Complex
    Rich ethographic complex with several departments: take a virtual tour through the open air museum, learn about current events, festivals and publications of this vivid museum.
  4. "Emil Sigerus" Museum of Saxon Ethnography and Folk Art
  5. "Franz Binder" World Ethnography Museum
  6. Brukenthal National Museum
    The oldest museum in Romania. Important collections of European art, mainly painting, as well as history, weapons, coins,rare books and manuscripts, archaeology, and natural sciences.
SIGHETU MARMAŢIEI, Maramureş county
  1. Memorial of the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance
    Museum and research centre dedicated to the victims of the communist regime in Romania. The museum is organised in the former prison where part of the political and cultural elite of the country was destroyed after 1948.
SIGHIŞOARA, Mureş county
  1. History Museum
SINAIA, Prahova county
  1. Peleş National Museum
    The formal royal summer residence in the mountains, the castle houses a rich art collection and period interiors.
SIRET, Suceava county
  1. History Museum
ŞIŞEŞTI, Maramureş county
  1. "Dr. Vasile Lucaciu" Museum and Monumental Group
SLOBOZIA, Ialomiţa county
  1. Ialomiţa County Museum
  2. National Museum of Agriculture
SOLCA, Suceava county
  1. Solca House Museum
SUCEAVA, Suceava county
  1. "Simion Florea Marian" Memorial House
  2. Bukovina Museum Complex
    The main museum in Bukovina, the northern historic region of Romania.
  3. Bukovina Museum Complex. Art Department
  4. Bukovina Museum Complex. Ethnographic Department
  5. Bukovina Museum Complex. Natural Sciences Department
  6. Planetarium
  7. Princely Court of Suceava
TÂRGOVIŞTE, Dâmboviţa county
  1. "The Royal Court" National Museum Complex
    The official site of the museum and of its departments.
  2. "Gheorghe Petraşcu" House and Workshop
  3. "Vasile Blendea" Museum
  4. Art Museum
  5. History Museum
  6. Museum of the Romanian Police
  7. Museum of the Writers of Dâmboviţa Region
  8. Romanian Printing and Rare Books Museum
  9. Stelea Galleries
TÂRGŞORU VECHI, Prahova county
  1. Târgşoru Vechi Archaeological Park
TÂRGU JIU, Gorj county
  1. "Alexandru Ştefulescu" County Museum
TÂRGU MUREŞ, Mureş county
  1. "Ion Vlasiu" Art Gallery
  2. Art Gallery
  3. Mureş County Museum
  4. Mureş County Museum. Art Department
  5. Mureş County Museum. Ethnography and Folk Art Department
  6. Mureş County Museum.Natural Sciences Department
  7. Zoological Garden
TÂRGU NEAMŢ, Neamţ county
  1. "Veronica Micle" Memorial House
  2. History and Ethnography Museum
  3. Neamţ Fortress
TÂRPEŞTI, Neamţ county
  1. "Nicolae Popa" Museum
    Flok masks and other folk objects in a private collection opened to the public.
TESCANI, Bacău county
  1. "Rosetti Tescanu - George Enescu" Memorial House
    Cultural centre and memorial museum of the noble family of Rosetti - Tescanu and of the Romanian composer George Enescu.
TIMIŞOARA, Timiş county
  1. "Pădurea Verde" Banat Village Museum
    You can see the main houses and traditional farms, as well as workshops, mills, church, school, pub and other social buildings preserved in the open-air museum. Information on the history of the museum and an annual calendar of traditions.
  2. Museum of Banat
    Museum of history, archaeology and natural sciences: museum collections, events, online versions of the scientific publications of the museum. (In Romanian)
  3. Museum of Banat. Natural Sciences Department
    Brief presentation of the collections of rocks and minerals, butterflies, beetles, mollusks, birds, and dried plants, of the permanent exhibitions and publications of the museum.
UDEŞTI, Suceava county
  1. "Eusebiu Camilar" Memorial Collection
    House of the Romanian writer Eusebiu Camilar (1910 - 1965). (In Romanian).
VÂNĂTORI - NEAMŢ, Neamţ county
  1. "Mihail Sadoveanu" Memorial House
VASLUI, Vaslui county
  1. "Stephen the Great" County Museum
    General information regarding the county museum, its history, departments, publications, main events organised since 1998 to date.
VULCANA PANDELE, Dâmboviţa county
  1. "Gabriel Popescu" House and Workshop

     


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