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Five of the six medallions are placed above the doors in the hallway that led to the rooms to the right of the entrance. Two of them, Shepherd with Sheep (Cioban cu Oile) and Peasant Woman with Vessel (Țărăncuță cu Cofă), are directly inspired by the work of Nicolae Grigorescu , under whose influence was their author.
The most important museum of history and archeology in Romania, both by size (developed area) and by heritage Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History: Șoseaua Pavel D. Kiseleff 1: Natural history: The museum's collection consists of over 2 million pieces, grouped into different collections zoology, paleontology, minerals, rocks
The museum showcases traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m 2, [1] and contains 123 authentic peasant settlements, 363 monuments and over 50,000 artefacts from around Romania. [2] Structures in the museum ranged from the 17th to the 20th century, representative of different ethnographic regions including Banat ...
It was originally established as the National Museum of Natural History on 3 November 1834. [1] It was renamed in 1933 after Grigore Antipa , who administered the museum for 51 years. He is the scientist who reorganized the museum in the new building, designed by the architect Grigore Cerchez and inaugurated by Carol I of Romania in 1908.
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (Romanian: Muzeul Național de Artă Contemporană, or MNAC) is a contemporary art museum in Bucharest, Romania. The museum is located in a new glass wing of the Palace of the Parliament , one of the largest administrative buildings in the world.
In 1991 the palace became the headquarters of the Romanian Presidency and the old wing of the ensemble was opened to the public as Cotroceni National Museum, envisioned as an insight into past ages. Many of the palace's function rooms were decorated to the taste of Marie, the English wife of Carol's heir, his nephew Crown Prince Ferdinand.
The National Museum of Art of Romania (Romanian: Muzeul Național de Artă al României) is located in the Royal Palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest. [1] It features collections of medieval and modern Romanian art , as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family .
On 25 January 2025, the Helmet of Coțofenești, a Geto-Dacian helmet that was loaned by the museum to the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, was stolen along with three other loaned gold artifacts following a heist and remains missing. [4] Following the theft, the loan agreement was met with criticism in Romania. [5]