National Museum of Romanian History

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National Museum of Romanian History

The National Museum of Romanian History (Romanian: Muzeul Național de Istorie a României) is a museum located on Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania, which contains Romanian historical artifacts from prehistoric times up to modern times.

The museum is located inside the former Postal Services Palace, 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

  • National Museum of Romanian History - arcades.JPG

    Arcades

  • Frontal view

  • Trajan's Column: permanent exhibit

  • Bucuresti, Romania, Muzeul National de Istorie, Lapidariu (interior 5); B-II-m-A-19843.JPG

    Trajan's column

  • Bucuresti, Romania, Muzeul National de Istorie, Lapidariu (interior 6); B-II-m-A-19843.JPG

  • A portrait of Elisabeth of Wied in the museum

  • Balasa Cantacuzino sarcophagus.jpg

    The sarcophagus of Princess Bălașa Cantacuzino

  • Bucuresti, Romania, Muzeul National de Istorie, Tezaurul Istoric (6); B-II-m-A-19843.JPG

    Steel Crown of Romania

  • Helmet of Cotofenesti - Front by Radu Oltean.jpg

    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 Gold Bracelet at the National Museum of Romanian History 2011 - 6.jpg

    Dacian bracelet

  • Bucuresti, Romania, Muzeul National de Istorie (Sala cu costume)(3); B-II-m-A-19843.JPG

    Costumes hall

  • Bucuresti, Romania, Muzeul National de Istorie (Sala cu costume)(2); B-II-m-A-19843.JPG
  • Bucuresti, Romania, Muzeul National de Istorie (Expozitie de ceasuri)(3); B-II-m-A-19843.JPG

    Watches exhibition

See also

References

  1. ↑ Muzee şi Colecţii din România
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Despre Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a României

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