Bucharest Municipal Museum

Event Title: “Night of Museums” Locations: Bucharest Municipal Museum The “Vasile Urseanu” Observatory The Old Princely Court relatii.publice@muzeulbucurestiului.ro www.muzeulbucurestiului.ro

Free entrance

Bucharest Municipal Museum Night of Museums Program: 2.00 pm - 01.30 am Address: I.C. Brătianu Boulevard no 2, district 3, Bucharest tel: 021.315.68.58

The following are open to the public:

• The permanent museum exhibition (first floor)
• The easel graphics and painting exhibition, Nicolae Delaport (ground floor), 14th -30th May
• Gheorghe Vânătoru paintings exhibition (first floor), 1st May – 30th June, organized by the Romanian Art Collectors Society

The “Vasile Urseanu” Observatory Night of Museums Program: 9.00 pm - 02.30 am (visits and astronomical observations) Address: Lascăr Catargiu Boulevard no. 21 Phone: 021.212.96.44 www.astro-urseanu.ro

The Observatory presents to the public the history of astronomy; the original telescope of admiral Vasile Urseanu, the former owner of this house; manuscripts, objects, library. It provides sky views and observations of astronomical phenomena.

The Old Princely Court Night of Museums Program: 2.00 pm – 01.30 am Address: Franceză Street no. 21-23 Phone: 021.314.03.75 You can visit the ruins of the first Princely Court in Wallachia. Ceramic pieces, tools, enameled terracotta, stone and marble slabs, dishes, water conducts are on show. The Old Princely Court is the oldest feudal monument in Bucharest, and it served for over two centuries as capital for the leaders in Wallachia, along with the old capital Targoviste. In 1660, it became the sole capital of Wallachia.