Collections

The collection is housed by the building in which the painter Gheorghe Tattarescu (1820-1894) lived and worked for over four decades. He and Theodor Aman were the founders of the Bucharest School of Fine Arts (1864). The house, one of the oldest civilian buildings still standing today in Bucharest, was built at the beginning of […]

The collection constitutes a veritable cultural incursion in different times and places, featuring works of visual art – 100 paintings signed by Theodor Pallady, Lucian Grigorescu, Alexandru Ciucurencu, Dimitrie Ghiaţă, Gheorghe Petraşcu, Ion Andreescu, Jean Al. Steriadi, Iosif Iser, Nicolae Tonitza, Ion Ţuculescu, Marcel Iancu and M.H. Maxy, as well as 211 pieces of decorative […]

The collection is housed by the house of the two artists, built between 1911 and 1913 by architect Alexander Clavel, on Vasile Alecsandri Str, Bucharest. It features over 2400 pieces donated to the Municipality between 1951 and 1983. Its base exhibition has over 200 works of art on display: paintings, sculptures, sketches, religious items. Marble, […]

The Medrea Collection came to life through a successive series of donations. The first took place in 1948, following an ample retrospective exhibition. Initially the donation, which featured 118 paintings and 38 sketches, was exhibited for a few years at Mogoşoaia Palace, and in 1957 was moved to a building at No. 16, General Constantin […]

Founded through a decree issued by King Carol II of Romania, on June 1st 1933, the Pinacotheque was inaugurated thanks to the support of the Mayor of the time, Dem. I. Dobrescu, of Dr. George Severeanu (who became the first Director of the institution) and of several cultural figures, on November 20th 1933, in the […]

The Bucharest Municipality Museum library owns a valuable literary national heritage, made of 1957 tomes, including manuscripts (18th to 19th centuries), foreign tomes (1560-1800), old Romanian tomes (1648-1830), books of bibliophile value (1800-1900) and old Romanian periodic (19th century). The collection’s nucleus is constituted of publications with documentary value for the history of Romanians and […]

Colecţia „Maria şi dr. George Severeanu” a fost donată municipalităţii de medicul radiolog George Severeanu, pasionat colecţionar de antichităţi şi primul director al Muzeului Municipiului Bucureşti şi mai apoi de către soţia acestuia Maria, fiind deschisă pentru public în casa unde au locuit cei doi, în luna noiembrie 1956. În perioada imediat următoare a fost […]

The “C.I. and C.C. Nottara” opened to the public in the year 1956 in the building at no. 105 Dacia Boulevard, through a donation made by Ana Nottara, wife of composer Constantin C. Nottara (1890-1915). Today the museum can no longer be found at that address, as the building is no longer appropriate for the […]

The Para-numismatic collection of the Bucharest Municipality Museum features around 20 000 objects, divided into several subcategories depending on the artefact type: medals and plaquettes, insignias, decorations, sigils, relevant documents, of incontestable historical value for the modern period. All these types of objects found within the collection constitute a precious historical source illustrating several ceremonial […]

The numismatic collection of the Bucharest Municipality Museum encompasses around 38 000 coins and bills, generally originating from archaeological sites set in place over the years by collectives of the Museum’s specialists, as well as various accidental finds. A significant part of the collection was formed following generous donations from the first half of the […]

A significant part of the gold and precious metals collection is made up of objects donated by Dr. George Severeanu and his wife Maria. These items are Greek gold coins, issues of the Syracuse and Tauromenium fortified cities, from Lesbos and Cyprus, form Cartagena or Egypt. In what concerns Roman coins, with the exception of […]

The sculpture collection encompasses plaques, monument clay models, studies in clay or plaster, busts, works of both Romanian and foreign sculptors. Consistently attempting to keep the Capital’s memory alive, the curators of this collection have gathered in time varied illustrative materials, regarding several important historical figures – mainly from the political and cultural spheres – […]

The Maps and Plans collection features 1336 pieces, out of which 467 are maps and 869 are plans, as well as works of particular value from the 15th – 20th centuries. The collection encompasses cartographic works produced by Abraham Ortelius (1595), I.B. Homann, W. Lazius and G. Mercator, mainly representing Europe, the Balkan Countries, the […]

The Prints and Imprints collection plays an important part within the Bucharest Municipality Museum’s patrimonial heritage, through its elements’ historical and artistic relevance. The collection features 7664 pieces. There are varied lithographs and engravings, interesting fragments of a bygone era, particularly from the 19th century. The works bearing the signatures of C. Doussault, A. Raffet, […]

The documents collection features 11 572 objects collected through acquisitions and donations made throughout the years. The documents are of two types: originals and copies, produced in Romanian as well as Latin, French, German, Slavonic, Hungarian, Russian, Turkish, Greek, Armenian and Korean. They reflect all the fields of society: its economy, culture, religion, social status […]

The Decorative art – furniture collection is not very expansive, featuring 227 pieces, mostly from the second half of the 19th century, when Western influence had a more significant hold on Bucharest’s wealthier citizens. Within this collection there are decorated wooden small tables, Napoleon the 3rd style salon trimmings, Biedermeier-style furniture, Boulle type decorated buffets, […]

The decorative art – porcelain collection encompasses 4747 pieces, valuable from an artistic and historical point of view and representative for the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection’s most remarkable pieces are the Sevres, Meissen and Alt Wien porcelain decorative items, and, in some cases, for household use. Among these there are also items bearing […]

The Decorative art – metal collection encompasses 10 860 items, featuring objects made of different metals and alloys, based on copper, iron and lead, that illustrate European decorative art and, occasionally, Oriental art. Most objects date from the 19th century. A part of the items are silver or gold plated, chromed, tinned etc. and are […]

The Textiles and clothing accessories collection encompasses 2091 objects of great diversity, pieces of artistic, historical and memorial value. The collection features a series of Oriental and Occidental clothing items, from the 18th – 19th centuries, accompanied by numerous accessories typical of that period: satchels, buckles, clasps, belts, slippers, head-wear and other decorative elements. The […]

The religious items and icons collection of the Bucharest Municipality Museum is representative for the late period of Romanian religious art (from the 17th to the 19th century). The collection stands out due to the richness of artistic features, from religious scenes painted on wood and glass and frescoes, to metalwork. The collection’s items are […]

The fine arts collection was founded in 1956 and in 1971 featured around 1500 paintings, drawings, tombstones, coats of arms etc. Presently, the fine arts collection features 2395 oil paintings, watercolors, sketches and engravings. Among the more valuable and important pieces, from an artistic and historical point of view, we mention the portraits of Costache […]

The weapons collection is made up of 533 objects, weapons ranging from swords and knives to pistols and rifles. The items are from a very wide-spread geographic area, between the 14th and 20th centuries. Aside from the local produced pieces, the collection also features many weapons of foreign origins, both Oriental and Occidental, from Germany, […]

The miscellanea collection is composed of 783 objects, such as decorative pieces, household items, with wooden, metal, ceramic, marble or, more rarely, glass parts. Most of the collection’s pieces were produced in workshops in England, Austria, Hungary, Russia, France and also Romania, while a small part is of Oriental make, from the 19th-20th centuries. The […]

The science and technology collection of the Bucharest Municipality Museum contains 2 136 items, which are rarely used nowadays, such as musical instruments, disks of ebonite (hard rubber), metal and paper, measuring devices, printing press letters and decorations, lighting devices, irons, pocket watches, clocks, wristwatches, photo cameras, tools and gadgets. Most of the items within […]