Museums · Bucharest · Romania
4 best museums in Bucharest
The collections worth your time, how long each takes and how to fit them together.
Updated By the AMZBooking editorial team
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Quick answer
Start with National Museum of Art of Romania, Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum and National Museum of the Romanian Peasant. Together the 4 picks below take roughly 7–9 hours across 3 areas; all charge for entry.
Key facts
- Places in this guide
- 4
- Free entry
- 0
- Time to see them all
- 7–9 hours
- Areas
- Calea Victoriei and Revolution Square, King Michael I Park and Piața Romană and Amzei
Museums in Bucharest
Museum · Calea Victoriei and Revolution Square
1.National Museum of Art of Romania
Housed in the former Royal Palace, the museum displays Romanian medieval icons and church treasures, modern Romanian painting by Nicolae Grigorescu and others, sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși, and a gallery of European old masters.
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Low cost
- Art
- History
- Rainy day
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Museum · King Michael I Park
2.Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum
An open-air museum founded in 1936 on the shore of Herăstrău Lake, with farmhouses, wooden churches, windmills and workshops moved from villages all over Romania.
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Low cost
- Kids
- History
- Outdoors
- Architecture
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Museum · Piața Romană and Amzei
3.National Museum of the Romanian Peasant
A thoughtful, artfully arranged museum of Romanian rural life, with icons, embroidered costumes, ceramics, carved crosses and a whole wooden church in the garden.
- Time needed
- 1.5 hours
- Cost
- Low cost
- Art
- History
- Rainy day
- Off the beaten path
Museum · Piața Romană and Amzei
4.Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum
The natural history museum next to the Peasant Museum has modernised galleries of dioramas, from Danube Delta birds to African wildlife, plus a dinosaur skeleton and interactive displays that children enjoy.
- Time needed
- 1.5 hours
- Cost
- Low cost
- Kids
- Rainy day
- Nature
Grouped by area
| Area | Places | Time needed |
|---|---|---|
| Calea Victoriei and Revolution Square | National Museum of Art of Romania | 2–3 hours |
| King Michael I Park | Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum | 2–3 hours |
| Piața Romană and Amzei | National Museum of the Romanian Peasant and Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum | 1.5 hours + 1.5 hours |
Booking and timing
Of these 4, 4 low cost. None needs booking far in advance. The longest visit is National Museum of Art of Romania; group the rest by area to save travel time.
How to fit them into 3 half-days
Grouped by area and kept to about four hours each, so you walk more than you ride.
- Half-day 1 (Calea Victoriei and Revolution Square): National Museum of Art of Romania, at least 2 hours.
- Half-day 2 (King Michael I Park and Piața Romană and Amzei): Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum → National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, at least 4 hours.
- Half-day 3 (Piața Romană and Amzei): Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum, at least 2 hours.
The quietest months for queues
- January: highs of 3°C (37°F), about 6 rainy days, very quiet crowds. Cold, with snow and freezing winds some years; museums and restaurants are quiet.
- February: highs of 6°C (43°F), about 6 rainy days, very quiet crowds. Still cold and grey, with low hotel prices.
- March: highs of 12°C (54°F), about 6 rainy days, quiet crowds. Spring arrives quickly; mărțișor charms are sold everywhere at the start of the month.
The neighbourhoods they are in
- Calea Victoriei and Revolution Square — Grand avenue of palaces, museums and the Romanian Athenaeum
- Piața Romană and Amzei — Central squares with cafés, a covered market and student bars
More of Bucharest
Questions travellers ask
+Where should I start in Bucharest?
National Museum of Art of Romania. Housed in the former Royal Palace, the museum displays Romanian medieval icons and church treasures, modern Romanian painting by Nicolae Grigorescu and others, sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși, and a gallery of European old masters.