Bucharest museums will be open all night on May 19, when exhibitions, music, dance and theater performances will be organized and people will be able to visit museums for free, in this year's 'Night of Museums'. Across Romania, approximately 100 museums will welcome night visitors, joining a total of 3,000 museums in Europe that are marking the event.

In Bucharest, 25 museums and foundations will open their doors for the public late at night until early in the morning, on May 20:

Aviation National Museum

“Vasile Grigore” Museum – painter and collector

NEW “Dumitru Furnică-Minovici“ Museum of Western Medieval Art

Bellu Museum

Bucharest Municipal Museum

National Museum of Art of Romania

National Museum of Contemporary Art

Cotroceni National Museum

National Museum of Maps and Old Books

“Grigore Antipa“ National Museum of Natural History

National Museum of Romanian History

National Museum of Geology

“George Enescu“ National Museum

National Museum of Romanian Literature

“Dimitrie Gusti“ National Village Museum

“Dimitrie Leonida“ National Technical Museum

National Museum of the Romanian Peasant

National Archives of Romania

“Carol I“ Central University Library

Art Society Cultural Center

Löwendal Foundation

NEW “Spiru Haret“ University

NEW National Library of Romania - World Press Photo Romania (EIDOS Cultural Foundation)

NEW Central School

NEW National Museum of Firemen

Full schedules for each museum here. The list of all events in Bucharest for the occasion here.

Capital Bucharest will not be the only Romanian city joining this event. Cluj – Napoca will have its own museum circuit, while other regional museums will also be opened during the night. The full list  Cluj – Napoca and countrywide museums.

The National Network of Romanian Museums has printed maps for the occasion, to facilitate access to all museums on the night. Now in its eight edition, the Night of Museums gathered sizable crowds in previous years.

 (Photo source: Night of Museums on Facebook)