Famous Museums in Bucharest

Let's explore the finest collection of museums in Bucharest:

1. Village Museum

   

   Specialty Museum

   Few attractions are as intriguing as Europe's open-air cultural exhibition attractions. And this, one of the first museums of its kind in the world, is also one of the best. Located inside Herastrau Park, this hundred thousand square meters museum houses 272 different types of dwellings and buildings of Romania from the 17th to 20th centuries. Highly authentically detailed and incredibly well-...Read more

2. Grigore Antipa National Museum Of Natural History

   4.7 (635 Votes)
   

   Specialty Museum, Natural History Museum

   Established in 1834, and named for the first Romanian to reach the North Pole, the museum possesses the largest collections of mineralogical, zoological and paleontological artifacts and specimens in the country. This is one of the best museums of its kind in Europe. The exhibits are all extremely interesting especially the dinosaur fossil collection and the butterfly collection. Most of the e...Read more

3. The National Museum Of Art Of Romania

   4.6 (832 Votes)
   

   Art Museum

   This is the country's greatest art collection. The building in which of the collection his house was built for a merchant in the 19th century. It was later used as the Royal Palace, and is one of the country's foremost architectural achievements. Check out the statue of King Carol the first of Romania in front. Inside the palace however, few signs of royal life remain. The three floors of the ...Read more

4. Museum Of The Romanian Peasant

   4.3 (743 Votes)
   

   Art Museum, Architecture , Specialty Museum

   It took almost 30 years to build this structure, which was completed in 1941. The architecture is neo-Romanian. After World War 2 it served as a museum dedicated to Stalin and later the Romanian Communist Party. The museum focuses entirely on artifacts and descriptions of what it means to be a peasant in Romania. The 90000 items cover a diverse variety of objects such as ceramics, costumes, fu...Read more

5. C E C Bank Palace

   4.6 (497 Votes)
   

   Museum, Landmark

   This is the headquarters of the Romanian National Savings Bank. It might not function that way for much longer as the building has been sold off, for reasons stating that it is no longer fit to serve as a modern bank. However no new headquarters have been found. As such, most of the elegantly beautiful building is not open to visitors except for the CEC Museum in the main hall. The Museum brief...Read more

6. Cotroceni Palace

   4.6 (129 Votes)
   

   Museum, Historical Site, Palace

   This is the official residence of the president of Romania and also the location of the the National Cotroceni Museum. The first building on the site was a monastery built in the seventeenth Century. Later the area became the favored location of the Royal Family. Carol I of Romania ordered a palace to be built on the site. Under communist rule the palace was known as a center to inculcate child...Read more

7. Bucharest Botanical Garden

   4.2 (151 Votes)
   

   Museum, Botanical Garden

   Established in 1860, this century and a half old botanical garden has slowly and steadily built a respectable reputation for itself. Though damaged in WWII bombings, the 17.5 hectare garden now has over 10000 species of plants - decoratives, rare species, Mediterranean flowers, Italian flora, roses, iris, and medicinal. The greenhouses, a separate section, house plants from all over the world i...Read more

8. National Military Museum Bucharest

   4.6 (127 Votes)
   

   Museum, Military Museum, Exhibition , Specialty Museum

   Even though the museum currently boasts a collection of over a million military items and artifacts, much of the initial connection was lost to various tragedies in the Museum's past. Still, the museum does an excellent job of chronologically depicting Romania's military history, right from the pre-Roman era days to its current involvement in the United Nations. The periods covered include: Da...Read more

9. National Museum Of Romanian History

   4.3 (148 Votes)
   

   Museum, History Museum, Architecture

   The museum 60 exhibition rooms cover Romanian history from prehistoric to Modern Times. There is special emphasis on the Dacian period, The transformation of culture under Roman rule, the revolution of 1848, and Romania under Russian rule. The three artifacts that people mostly come here to see are: A plaster cast of Trajan's column (Commemorating the Roman emperor's victory over the Dacian ki...Read more

10. Muzeul National George Enescu

    4.4 (40 Votes)
    

    Museum, History Museum

    Although many seem to think that this is indeed the house of George Enescu, it is not. The house was formerly owned by the landowner George Cantacuzin. It was not until 1956, one year after George Enescu's death, that the house was converted into a museum dedicated to his life and art. If you don't know, George Enescu was one of Romania's foremost composers in his time. The house is not only fi...Read more

11. Museum Of Art Collections

    4.7 (70 Votes)
    

    Art Museum, Museum, Sculpture

    The building in which the collection is housed has had a curious history. It was built as a private home in 1822, and later in the century became the seat of the Supreme Court, and in the 20th century became the storage room for cultural and artistic artifacts confiscated by the communists from wealthy Romanians. As a result, this collection is almost as important as the collection in the Natio...Read more

12. Muzeul Municipiului Bucuresti

    4.5 (23 Votes)
    

    Museum

    The Bucharest City Museum has multiple branches, but this building, the Sutu Palace in the University Square, is their headquarters. Completed in 1835 in Gothic style, the building today houses a rather miscellaneous collection of art and artefacts - photographs, old maps, printings, archeological findings, vases, a picture gallery, arms, seals, coats of arms, weapons, uniforms, flags, costumes...Read more

13. National Museum Of Contemporary Art

    4.4 (356 Votes)
    

    Museum

    This is one of the most important museums of Contemporary Art in southern Europe even though most of its focus is on Romanian artists. The vast exhibition hall is located inside a glass wing of the Palace of the Parliament. Exhibits are temporary and also feature international artists. Most of the works on exhibit are from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Most of the artists are young....Read more

14. Muzeul De Arta Zambaccian

    4.7 (4 Votes)
    

    Museum

    Krikor Zambaccian was an Armenian businessman and collector of fine art. He had a particular passion for modern Romanian art and most of the greatest artists are represented in his collection - Nicolae Grigorescu, Ioan Andreescu, stefan Luchian, Gheorghe Petrascu, Nicolae Tonitza, Nicolae Darascu. In addition to paintings (including 19 by French artists and the only work of Cezanne in the count...Read more

15. Muzeul National De Geologie

    4.4 (78 Votes)
    

    Exhibition , Specialty Museum

    The first museum in this stately building, about 100 years ago, occupied only the basement. That collection has now expanded to fill 22 rooms. There are 14 main exhibitions cover about 45000 specimens that explore planet formation, plate tectonics, minerals and their uses, the emergence of human life, paleozoology, paleobotany, as well as a comprehensive geologic history of Romania itself. Spec...Read more

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