Romanian Peasant Museum

The Romanian Peasant Museum is part of the European family of Museums of Popular Art and Traditions. It is a national museum, under the Ministry of Culture’s patronage.

In possession of an especially rich collection of objects, hosted in a Neo-Romanian style historical monument-building, the Museum developed a highly original museography honoured in 1996 by receiving the EMYA – European Museum of the Year Award. The originality of the exhibiting style is continued in the Museum’s publications, in actions such as the Missionary Museum, the Village School, concerts, conferences and exhibition openings.

The Romanian Peasant Museum, National Museum of Arts and Traditions holds the richest collection of peasant objects in Romania. Almost 90,000 pieces of patrimony are as many witnesses helping our contemporaries to understand the peasant world.