BUCHAREST MUSEUM

MUSEUM OF THE ROMANIAN CAPITAL

The Bucharest Museum, or Sutu Museum is to be visited in UNIVERSITY SQUARE in the center of Bucharest. It is a small building, full of history where you will learn everything about the history of the Romanian Capital. UPDATE MARCH 2020: many of the events housed by this Museum and other museums in Bucharest might be cancelled because of the coronavirus. Learn more about CORONAVIRUS UPDATE IN BUCHAREST!

WHAT TO SEE AT BUCHAREST MUSEUM

Temporary exhibitions are housed here. Bucharest Museum is housed by a building made by two architects, Johann Veit and Conrad Schwink, between 1833 and 1835. A boyar called Grigore Sutu had the land and decided he needed a house. Later, in 1863, the well-known architect Karl Stork built inside the house the monumental stairs you can see today.

BUCHAREST HISTORY MUSEUM

The inner glass, in front of the stairs was brought from Murano. Thus, Bucharest Museum became a more interesting building for the boyars of the time. The owner’s mark was carved at the entrance but it was removed due to the conspiracy Sutu was part of in 1864 against Alexandru Ioan Cuza. In the late 19th century, the house is the heritage of a Sutu’s nephew, Grigore Sutu who will build a greenhouse and a place for birds just where The University of Bucharest can be seen today. This palace became one of the most visited places by local aristocracy for parties, musical and literary meetings. The story of this place is similar to that of the nowadays MUSEUM OF ART COLLECTIONS IN BUCHAREST.

BUCHAREST MUSEUM AND UNIVERSITY SQUARE

After Grigore Sutu died, the building where now you can visit Bucharest Museum was sold and became the headquarters of the Town Hall in 1932. Ten years later iti will house the House of Economics, the state bank, now CEC. Bucharest Museum came into being here in 1956. It will be renovated between 1957 and 1958. So, now, one can notice the Romantic influence in architecture. We are talking about 4 towers on two sides of the building. At the entrance there is a metal and glass construction, as a piece of history, for in the 19th century this was the style for all boyars’ houses. Inside, you will see a monumental hall with the stairs that divide the palace. If you want to learn more about the cultural life of Bucharest and Romania in nowadays, you can visit, in the House of Parliament, the Contemporary Art Museum.

400.000 OBJECTS TO SEE AT MUSEUM OF BUCHAREST

The first floor has got 12 rooms. It is here where permanent exhibitions are. If you are to travel to Bucharest, you should know that temporary exhibitions are also to be seen here on different occasions. What is very interesting in Bucharest Museum is the ceiling which is made under Pompey influence. Also the natural, original parquet is a piece of history. The Bucharest Museum is house for more than 400.000 objects, pieces of history, in thematic rooms, like archaeological pieces, medals, seals, coins( that can be usually seen at the MUSEUM OF THE ROMANIAN NATIONAL BANK), documents( if you are interested in original manuscripts you can find them at BUCHAREST LITERATURE MUSEUM), maps, pictures and even guns, all of them being part of Bucharest history from its beginning to nowadays. Exhibits of the BUCHAREST ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY are also housed here.
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