The Village Museum formally National Museum of the Village "Dimitrie Gusti" (''Muzeul Național al Satului "Dimitrie Gusti"'' in

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) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the

King Michael I Park King Michael I Park ( ro, Parcul "Regele Mihai I"), formerly Herăstrău Park ( ro, Parcul Herăstrău), is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herăstrău, one of the lakes formed by the Colentina River. Geograp ...

(

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

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), 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. The village was a creation of the folklorist and sociologist

Dimitrie Gusti Dimitrie Gusti (; 13 February 1880 – 30 October 1955) was a Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and voluntarist philosopher; a professor at the University of Iaşi and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister of ...

. The location plans were executed by the writer, playwright, director

Victor Ion Popa Victor Ion Popa (; July 29, 1895 in Bârlad – March 30, 1946 in Bucharest) was a Romanian dramatist. He went to primary school in the village of Călmăţui, a village in the Grivița commune, in the former Tutova County, where his father was a ...

and set designer

Henri H. Stahl Henri H. Stahl (also known as Henry H. Stahl or H. H. Stahl; 1901 – 9 September 1991) was a Romanian Marxist cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, sociologist, and social historian. Biography Born in Bucharest to a family of Alsatian and ...

. The necessary financial funds were provided by the Royal Cultural Foundation and in the presence of King

Carol II of Romania Carol II (4 April 1953) was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. The eldest son of Ferdinand I, he became crown prince upon the death of his grand-uncle, King Carol I in 1914. He was the first of th ...

the museum was inaugurated on May 10, 1936.

Gallery

File:RO B Village Museum Straja household.jpg, 18th century

Suceava County Suceava County () is a county ('' ro, județ'') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat is the historical town ...

house File:RO B Village Museum Rapciuni church 5.jpg, 18th century

Neamț County Neamț County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,76 ...

church File:RO B Village museum Dumbraveni homestead 2.jpg, 19th century

house File:RO B Village Museum Rapciuni household house.jpg, 19th century

house File:RO B Village Museum Mastacan household house.jpg, 19th century

house File:RO B Village Museum Ieud household house.jpg, 19th century

Maramureș Maramureș or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpath ...

house File:RO B Village museum Sarbova homestead.jpg, 19th century

Timiș County Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...

house File:RO B Village Museum Jurilovca fishery.jpg,

Tulcea County Tulcea County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea. It includes in its northeast corner the large and thinly-populated estuary of the Danube. Demographics In 2011, Tulcea Cou ...

fishery File:RO B Village Museum La Bariera inn.jpg, Inn File:RO B Village Museum Sarichioi windmill.jpg, Mill File:RO B Village museum Castranova hut 2.jpg, 19th century

Olt County Olt County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt river). The capital city is Slatina. History On 24 August 2017, the Olt County ...

mud hut File:BucarestVillageMuseum10.jpg, 18th century

church File:RO B Village Museum Salciua household.jpg, 19th century Alba County house File:RO B Village Museum Dragus household house front.jpg, 19th century

Brașov County Brașov County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian, it is known ...

house File:Bucharest-Village Museum-House.jpg, 19th century Alba County house File:RO B Village Museum Dumitra household house.jpg, 19th century Alba County house File:Bucharest - Village Museum.jpg, Shrine File:BucarestVillageMuseum3.jpg, Well File:RO B Village Museum Dumitra household gate.jpg, Gate File:RO B Village Museum Chiojdu Mic household pigeonry.jpg, Pigeonry File:RO B Village Museum Nereju Mic house food box.jpg, Food box File:RO B Village Museum La Bariera inn wine barrel.jpg, Wine barrel File:RO B Village Museum Ostrov household oven.jpg, Oven File:Fenetre bleue Jurilovca Musee Village Bucarest.jpg, Window File:RO B Village Museum Jurilovca household summer kitchen.jpg, Summer kitchen

External links

Official website
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See also

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