National Art Museum "Bucharest"

The National Museum of Art of Romania is the largest museum of fine arts in Romania. The extensive museum fund includes about three hundred thousand exhibits of various subjects: books, coins, maps, engravings, paintings, weapons, furniture, antique clothes.

The museum is located in Bucharest, on Revolution Square, in the building of the former royal palace. It was created in 1950 on the basis of the collection of Prince Charles I, the first king of Romania. Subsequently, other private collections were included, as well as part of the Bruckenthal Museum collection in Sibiu. The exposition of the museum consists of collections of foreign and national art. In 1990, the exposition of the museum was closed. In connection with the extensive restoration of the building, the reconstruction of the squares. In 2000, the first exhibition of foreign art was opened, and in 2001-2002 the Gallery of Contemporary Romanian Art and the Gallery of Romanian Medieval Costume were opened. The museum’s collection features works by Romanian artists and sculptors. In the spacious halls there is a huge number of icons and church utensils. The museum also has a rich collection of decorative and applied arts, old furniture, faience, tapestries, carpets.