Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum
Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti”
A lakeside open-air folk museum with more than 300 farmhouses, windmills and wooden churches moved from across Romania, so you can see the whole of rural Romania in one visit.
The Village Museum was founded in 1936 by sociologist Dimitrie Gusti and is one of Europe's earliest open-air folk museums. Spread over about 10 hectares along the shore of Lake Herăstrău, it holds more than 300 buildings moved whole from across Romania: wooden churches from Maramureș with their steep spires, reed-roofed fishermen's houses from the Danube Delta, semi-subterranean dwellings, water mills and windmills. Many of the houses can be entered and have their interiors on display. Admission is about 30 lei, a visit takes around 2 hours, and weekends often bring craft markets. It is about a 10-minute walk from the Arcul de Triumf.
Opening hours
About 09:00–19:00 (shorter on Mondays; closes earlier in winter)
Nearby sights
- Arcul de Triumf
- King Michael I Park (Herăstrău)
- Primăverii Palace (Ceaușescu Mansion)
- National Museum of the Romanian Peasant
- Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History
- Cantacuzino Palace (George Enescu Museum)
- Calea Victoriei
- Bucharest Botanical Garden