Night of Museums in Romania: Where to go & what to see

The Night of Museums, one of the most anticipated cultural events of the year, returns this Saturday with a new edition.

The Night of Museums has grown bigger by the year. More than 150 private and public museums will participate at the 2019 edition of the event scheduled for May 18, as well as other cultural spaces and even a political party. All the spaces participating in the event, both in Bucharest and in several cities from 34 counties across the country, have prepared special exhibitions, events and activities for this Saturday, all free of charge.

More than 50 museums and unconventional exhibition spaces have joined the event in Bucharest, with a varied offer of exhibitions and activities. There are several new spaces that have decided to keep their doors open to visitors for the Night of Museums this year, among them the Museum of Recent Art (MaRe), the Museum of Romanian Records, the Museum of Living Paintings (offered by Qreator), and the smallest mobile museum, organized by the National Chamber Choir “Madrigal – Marin Constantin.” The latter will be a traveling museum with exhibitions at the National Peasant Museum and the “Grigore Antipa” Museum of Natural History, passing from the George Enescu Museum and the Art Collection Museum to the Carol I Central University Library and the Bucharest City Museum - Sutu Palace.

The Museum of Recent Art proposes visitors three exhibitions, including the temporary exhibition Photophilia signed by Thomas Ruff. These three exhibitions mean a total of 136 works of art signed by 120 Romanian artists (painting, drawing, photography, collage, sculpture, video, audio, etc.), plus the 21 works of the German artist Thomas Ruff, exhibited for the first time in Romania.

Meanwhile, those visiting the Museum of Romanian Records will have the chance to see its impressive collection of irons while discovering the history of these objects that nowadays are seen as ordinary household appliances. The collection exhibited at the Museum of Romanian Records is the largest in the world, with more than 35,000 exhibits, and is certified by the Guinness Book of Records.

A novelty this year, the Museum of Living Paintings will be organized at Qreator. Here, paintings by famous Romanian artists such as Stefan Luchian, Corneliu Baba, Theodor Aman and Nicolae Toniza will be brought to life on the music of local musician Silent Strike. Also at the Museums Night, an architectural light show will light up the building of the National Museum of Geology.

Meanwhile, Kaustik will organize the “H3-Perpective” event, which mixes technology, design and architecture to create multidisciplinary interactive installations. The solar houses