The Garden of Paradise. Preparatory drawings The construction of the spectacular Storck house was completed in 1911; from 1913 to 1917 Cecilia Cuțescu Storck decorated the interior with numerous symbolist paintings of female figures and a lush, paradisiacal vegetation, especially in the lobby area of the house. The artist chose to paint the walls of […]
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What is the connection between haute couture and Romanian folk art? What about that between Western fashion and traditional Romanian craft? You will be able to discover the answer to these questions by visiting the new thematic exhibition at the Dr. Nicolae Minovici Museum – 100%.RO. The French fashion designer Philippe Guilet collaborated with many […]
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Cycling through other times The people’s need to cover distances using their own force, but much faster than walking, led towards the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century to the emergence of a new means of transport, which in time would become today’s bicycle. If, at first, this vehicle […]
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Thematic exhibition at Suțu Palace Tudor Vladimirescu and the Cultural Memory of the Revolution of 1821 The moment of 1821 has a special significance in the Romanian historiography, given by the voluminous bibliography dedicated both to the development of the events, and to the personality of Tudor Vladimirescu, the leader of the revolution. Aiming to […]
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From July 3, 2020 THEMATIC EXHIBITION AT SUȚU PALACE MEDIEVAL BUCHAREST OF THE MAVROCORDAT FAMILY The Bucharest Municipality Museum invites the public to discover a new thematic exhibition at Suțu Palace (2 Ion C. Brătianu Blvd) – “Medieval Bucharest of the Mavrocordat family” ‒ which opens on Friday, July 3, 2020, 11:00. “The age of […]
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FROM JULY 29th 2020 THEMATIC EXHIBITION AT SUȚU PALACE “THE ANASTASE SIMU MUSEUM AND THE BUCHAREST MUNICIPALITY MUSEUM PINACOTHEQUE” The exhibition will open at Suțu Palace on July 29th 2020. The Bucharest Municipality Museum keeps in the archive of its pinacotheque a rich correspondence from the Anastase Simu Collection. In an effort to retrieve information […]
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