National Museum of Romanian History
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The National Museum of Romanian History (Romanian: Muzeul Național de Istorie a României) is a museum located on the Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times.
The museum is located inside the former , which also houses a philatelic museum. With a surface of over 8,000 square meters, the museum has approx. 60 valuable exhibition rooms. The permanent displays include a plaster cast of the entirety of Trajan's Column, the Romanian Crown Jewels, and the Pietroasele treasure.[1]
The building was authorized, in 1892, and the architect, Alexandru Săvulescu was sent with the postal inspector, Ernest Sturza, to tour various postal facilities of Europe for the design. The final sketches were influenced primarily by the postal facility in Geneva. Built in an eclectic style, it is rectangular with a large porch on a high basement and three upper floors. The stone façade features a portico supported by 10 Doric columns and a platform consisting of 12 steps spanning the length of the building. There are many allegorical sculptural decorative details.[2]
As of 2012, the museum is undergoing extensive restoration work and it is only partially open; a late medieval archaeological site was discovered under the building.[3]
The main view of the building
Arcades
Frontal view
Trajan's Column: permanent exhibit
A portrait of Elisabeth of Wied in the museum
The sarcophagus of Princess Bălașa Cantacuzino
The Golden Helmet of Coţofeneşti, a Geto-Dacian helmet from the first half of the 4th century BC.
Various objects associated with the Siege of Plevna
Dacian bracelet
Costumes hall
Watches exhibition
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "cIMeC - Muzee şi Colecţii din România". ghidulmuzeelor.cimec.ro.
- ^ "Palatul Poștelor din București" (in Romanian). Bucharest, Romania: World Wide Romania. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Muzeul Național de Istorie a României ⋆ Muzeul Național de Istorie a României".
External links[]
Media related to National Museum of Romanian History at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Friends Association ( Romanian/English/French )
Coordinates: 44°25′53.51″N 26°5′50.01″E / 44.4315306°N 26.0972250°E
- Museums in Bucharest
- Historic monuments in Bucharest
- Art museums and galleries in Bucharest
- History of Bucharest
- National museums of Romania
- Archaeological museums in Romania
- Museums of Dacia
- History museums in Romania
- Calea Victoriei
- Plaster cast collections