Culture at home: Romanian museums to visit online

As it happened all over Europe, museums in Romania closed for the public amid the coronavirus Covid-19 concerns. Many however have made their collections available online, an opportunity to check them out as more time is spent indoors.

In Bucharest, many of the city’s museums have made their exhibits available to online audiences. The National History Museum of Romania(MNIR) displays its collections online here. Viewers can see photos of the Historic Treasure collection, which includes items that belonged to the royal family, such as the crown of Queen Elizabeth of Romania, the crown of Queen Marie or the scepter of King Ferdinand, but also Getian princely treasures dating back to the 4th and 2nd centuries BC. Online visitors can also check the replica of Trajan’s Column hosted by the museum but also exhibits from the museum’s past temporary exhibitions, among them “The Treasures of China” or “The Crowning of Alba-Iulia.”