Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Art Collection Museum
( 021-212 9641;
www.mnar.arts.ro
;
Calea Victoriei 111; 10am-6pm Wed-Sun)
This
grab-bag of several dozen private collections is particularly strong on folk and religious
art and Romanian painting from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It's now part of the Na-
tional Art Museum.
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ŞOSEAUA KISELEFF
Home to some of Bucharest's finest villas and a handful of its best museums, Şos Kiseleff
(metro Piaţa Victoriei) stretches north from Piaţa Victoriei to Herăstrău Park. The major
landmark in this neck of the woods is the
Triumphal Arch
(Arcul de Triumf; off
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up Şos Kiseleff. The 27m arch, based on Paris' namesake monument, was built in 1935 to
commemorate the reunification of Romania in 1918. Heavy traffic makes it difficult to get
anywhere close to the arch, and the viewing platform is not always open to the public. The
arch was scheduled for renovation in 2013.
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Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum
(Muzeul de Istorie Naturală Grigore Antipa;
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;
021-312 8826;
www.antipa.ro
; Şos Kiseleff 1; adult/student/child 20/10/5 lei; )
One of the few attrac-
tions in Bucharest that are squarely aimed at kids, this natural history museum has been
thoroughly renovated and now features modern bells and whistles such as video displays,
games and interactive exhibits. Much of it is signed in English.
Museum of the Romanian Peasant
(Muzeul Tăranului Român; 021-317 9661;
www.muzeultaranuluiroman.ro
; Şos
Kiseleff 3; adult/child 8/2 lei; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun)
One of the best museums in
Bucharest is this collection of traditional peasant bric-a-brac, costumes, icons, artwork
and partially restored houses and churches. There's not much English signage, but little
cards in English posted at each room's entrance give a flavour of what's on offer. An 18th-
century Transylvanian church is in the back lot, as is a gift shop.
Don't miss the jarring communism exhibition downstairs, which focuses on the
Ceauşescu-era program of land collectivisation, which almost completely destroyed the
traditional way of life.
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