National Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român
European Museum of the Year in 1996, its poetic displays bring to life Romanian rural textiles, icons and everyday life.
The Museum of the Romanian Peasant is housed in a red-brick building in the New Romanian style and holds around 90,000 folk objects: hand-embroidered costumes, carpets, pottery, glass icons, wooden crosses and more. Displays use handwritten labels and themed rooms to create a warm, humane atmosphere, and in 1996 the museum won the European Museum of the Year award. The courtyard features a relocated 18th-century wooden church and farmhouse, and weekends often bring farm produce and craft markets. The museum shop is worth a look. Admission is about 30 lei, the museum is closed on Mondays, and it sits on the north side of Piața Victoriei next to the Natural History Museum.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00
Nearby sights
- Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History
- Cantacuzino Palace (George Enescu Museum)
- Arcul de Triumf
- Calea Victoriei
- Primăverii Palace (Ceaușescu Mansion)
- National Museum of Art of Romania
- Cișmigiu Gardens
- Romanian Athenaeum