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Bucharest Museums

Bucharest has a good selection of museums, which are cheap and entertaining if not always modern and well looked after.

As well as those listed here, do not forget the Grigore Antipa Museum of Natural History, the National Art Museum, the Peasant and Village Museums, which we list under Essential Bucharest. 

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Communist Iconography Museum

Communist Iconography Museum
Our favourite part of the Peasant Museum; a small but stunning cellar room featuring a collection of communist-era busts, paintings and nostalgic memorabilia. Read_on (No Comments)

Cotroceni Museum

Cotroceni Museum
Constructed from 1888-93 at the behest of Romania's first king, Carol I, Cotroceni Palace has since 1991 been the official residence of the Romanian President. Read_on (No Comments)

Geology Museum

Geology Museum
Far more than just a collection of old rocks and fossils, Bucharest's Geology Museum is one of the city's must sees. First off, there is the museum building itself to admire. Read_on (No Comments)

History Museum

History Museum
The beautiful, monumental and simply superb Neo-Classical building that houses Romania's National History Museum was constructed from 1894-1900 to the designs of local architect Alexandru Săvulescu. Read_on (1 Comment)

Military Museum

Military Museum
Tucked away on a side street not far from the main railway station, the MIlitary Museum is housed in a former officers' college, built in 1885. Read_on (No Comments)

Minovici Museum of Ancient Western Art

Minovici Museum of Ancient Western Art
This amazing red brick, mock Tudor house holds the small and dusty renaissance art collection of Dumitru Minovici, who made barrels of lei in the oil business in the 1930s. Read_on (No Comments)

National Museum of Contemporary Art

National Museum of Contemporary Art
Making excellent use of the wide open spaces on the Parliament Palace, this vast gallery displays the work of Romania's finest contemporary artists. Read_on (No Comments)

National Technical Museum

National Technical Museum
Often unfairly derided as an outdated (if amusingly so) museum of technology, it should be remembered that the machines, turbines, inventions and gadgets on display here are not meant to be cutting edge. Read_on (No Comments)

Storck Museum

Storck Museum
In a delightful house designed by French architect Andre Clavel, a short walk from Piaţa Victoriei, is this eclectic and quite superb museum dedicated to the work of the Storck family. Read_on (No Comments)

Sutu Palace/Museum of Bucharest

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Rather bland exhibition of neolithic artifacts uncovered from around the city and the region, housed in the elegant, Neo-Gothic Şuţu Palace, built from 1833-4 for the wealthy merhcant Costache Şuţu. Read_on (No Comments)

The National Museum of Old Maps and Books

The National Museum of Old Maps and Books
This place, despite the rather workaday name, is a gem, and if you are into old maps and books then you are in for a treat. Though Read_on (No Comments)

Theodor Pallady Museum

Theodor Pallady Museum
Theodor Pallady (1871-1953) was an early Cubist artist widely regarded as Romania's most influential 20th century painter. Read_on (No Comments)

Zambaccian Museum

Zambaccian Museum
A chance to see the large collection belonging to the now deceased patron Zambaccian (you'll see the requisite portraits) that includes the only Cezanne in Romania, as well as the best of Romanian painters Luchian, Tonitza, and Pallady. Read_on (1 Comment)