Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum
This article is about the Romanian museum in Bucharest. For the Tanzanian museum, see National Museum of Tanzania.
Coordinates: 44°28′24.13″N 26°4′35.69″E / 44.4733694°N 26.0765806°E
The church of the Timişeni village, now at the Village Museum
The Village Museum (Muzeul Satului in Romanian) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herăstrău Park (Bucharest, Romania), showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m2, and contains 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania.
It was created in 1936 by Dimitrie Gusti, Victor Ion Popa, and Henri H. Stahl.
There are other "village museums" throughout Romania, including ASTRA National Museum Complex in Sibiu, and those of Cluj-Napoca, Râmnicu-Vâlcea, Timișoara, a.s.o.
Gallery
"La Bariera" Inn
19th century Maramureş
Shed with stable, hayloft
18th century Buzau house
Dragomirești church
Traditional veranda
View from veranda
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Museum located on the shore of Herăstrău lake
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