The Dimitrie Leonida Technical Museum was founded in 1909 by

Dimitrie Leonida Dimitrie Leonida (May 23, 1883–March 14, 1965) was a Romanian energy engineer. Born in Fălticeni, his father Atanase was a cavalry officer, while his mother (née Gill) was the daughter of a French building engineer. He had seven surviving ...

, inspired by the München Technical Museum, he had visited during his studies in Charlottenburg Polytechnic Institute. In 1908, with the help of the first promotions of

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s and

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s from his school, the first in

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, Leonida collected the first objects for the museum. What is different in the Leonida museum was the educational orientation of the museum and also the

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External links

* http://www.mnt-leonida.ro * http://www.cimec.ro/muzee/mteh/mteh.htm Museums in Bucharest Technology museums {{Romania-museum-stub