2012 (archive)

Night of Museums

La Nuit des Musées | Noaptea Muzeelor 19 May 2012

Night of Museums 2012 in figures

The European Night of Museums is a successful event inaugurated by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication and already at the 8th edition. This year its official patrons are the Council of Europe, UNESCO and the International Council of Museums (ICOM).

The Night of Museums is the nocturnal twin of the International Day of Museums organized on the 18th of May.

The National Network of Romanian Museums (RNMR) is the official partner of the international event, coordinates and promotes the event in Romania and also supports it by consistently promoting activities organized by all the participating Romanian museums, through the national media and through the site www.noapteamuzeelor.ro. Starting in 2011, RNMR is coordinating the Bucharest museum circuit, and this year the network is proposing a new pilot circuit in Cluj. Since the maps featuring involved organizations gathered much appreciation from the public, RMNR invites people in Bucharest and Cluj to use this year´s maps, printed with the support of the National Cultural Fund Administration. The maps are going to be found free of charge in the premises of the museums participating in the event.

About 3.000 European museums are celebrating the event in 2012. For further details please visit http://nuitdesmusees.culture.fr

In Romania, approximately 130 museums are waiting for their night visitors. They celebrate the Night of Museums 2012 with various exhibitions, shows, screenings and special interactive events.

Night of Museums in Bucharest During the night of May 19th 2012, museums of Bucharest will await visitors with the regular and special exhibitions, concerts, dance, theatre, movies and interactive events. In order to plan out much easier their own possible itinerary, the visitors are kindly invited to use the maps containing the Night of Museums program. They are printed by the National Network of Romanian Museums with the support of the National Cultural Fund Administration. Visitors may choose to either spend their night between the 19th and the 20th going through museums that have already instilled a tradition when it comes to celebrating the Night of Museums, or visit museums and cultural organisations that joined in 2011 or just this year. Continuing last year’s collaboration, this time Night of Museums also drives MINI. In the main locations a fleet of MINI cars will be available as free taxi service between museums. It is further a very popular service, as in 2011 a lot of people have chosen to travel the “MINI style”. Night of Museums 2012 encourages bicycle use to easily get from one museum to another: visitors will have 100 bikes from the most important national bike-sharing programs, I’Velo, provided by Green Revolution and Raiffeisen Bank. Visitors who want to use I’Velo bicycles to travel between museums are asked to send an email to mihai.scarlat @ greenrevolution.ro (with name & surname, identity number and phone number) untill Friday, May 18th, 6 pm. Bikes will be taken from and left over at I’Velo center in Tineretului Park, from 10 pm - 0 - takeover, 2 am – 4 am - reception. It is compulsory to have the ID for takeover. In addition, as in other editions, Night of Museums buses provided by Bucharest City Hall and RATB will cover the route of the museums. Being a special night, visitors are invited in six Samsung locations registered for Night of Museums Bucharest in order to win one of the five Samsung Galaxy Notes devices. Selected locations are: The National Library, The National Art Museum, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, “Prof. Engineer Dimitrie Leonida” National Technical Museum, The National Museum of Romanian Peasant and the Astronomical Observatory. All you need is check-in using the smartphone application of the event at minimum 3 locations of the program, to which The National Library has to be subscribed. Have a visit and Samsung rewards you! As maps with participating organizations were appreciated by the audience, RNMR invites the visitors in Bucharest to use the maps printed with the support of The National Cultural Fund Administration; they will be distributed for free in all participating museums. Moreover, participants can win one of the three MINI Folding Bikes. For participating you must fill in the coupon attached to the map and drop it in the MINI boxes from The National Museum of Romanian Peasant, “Grigore Antipa“ National Museum of Natural History, The National Museum of Art of Romania, National Museum of Geology, The National Museum of Contemporary Art or from Night of Museum’s volunteers.

Participating organizations in Bucharest: Aviation Museum “Vasile Grogore” Museum – painter and collector “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 Central School National Museum of Firemen “Spiru Haret“ University World Press Photo Romania (EIDOS Cultural Foundation and National Library of Romania)

Night of Museums in Cluj During the night of May 19th 2012, museums in Cluj will await visitors with diverse exhibitions, screenings and special events. In order to plan out much easier their own possible itinerary, the visitors are kindly invited to use the maps containing the Night of Museums program. This is the first year the maps with the program for Cluj appear, printed by the National Network of Romanian Museum with the support of the National Cultural Fund Administration.

Participating organizations in Cluj: Cluj-Napoca Museum of Art Transylvania Ethnographic Museum (Cluj-Napoca) National History Museum of Transylvania (Cluj-Napoca) Babeş-Bolyai University Museums (Cluj-Napoca) Petre Țuțea Cultural Center (Cluj-Napoca) Virtus Antiqua (Cluj-Napoca) History Museum Turda “Octavian Goga” Museum Ciucea Dej Municipal Museum Frezia Gallery Dej

At national level, you can find the following museums open during the night of May 19th:

Aiud History and Natural Sciences Museum Teleorman County Museum (Alexandria) The National Museum of Unification Alba Iulia Museum Complex “Iulian Antonescu” Bacău Natural Sciences Museum Complex “Ion Borcea” Bacău Mineralogy Museum Baia Mare Botoşani County Museum Bran Castle Museum “House Mureşenilor” Braşov “Petre Ţuţea” Cultural Center (Braşov) Brăila Museum Caransebeş County Museum of Ethnography and Border Regiment National History and Archaelogy Museum Constanţa Romanian Navy Museum Constanța Oltenia Museum Craiova Deva Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation Visual Arts Museum Galaţi “Teohari Antonescu” Giurgiu County Museum “Moldova“ National Museum Complex Iaşi Criş County Museum (Oradea) Argeş County Museum (Piteşti) Petroleum National Museum Ploieşti The National Museum of Eastern Carpathians (Sf. Gheorghe) ASTRA National Museum Complex Sibiu Brukenthal National Museum (Sibiu) History Museum of Sighişoara Peleş National Museum (Sinaia) NEW Olt County Museum (Slatina) National Museum of Agriculture Slobozia Ialomiţa County Museum (Slobozia) National Museal Complex Royal Court of Targoviste Mureş County Museum (Tîrgu-Mureş) “Alexandru Ştefulescu” Gorj County Museum (Târgu-Jiu) Buzău County Museum Art County Museum “Artistic Center Baia Mare” Art Museum Timișoara Banat Museum Timișoara Museum of Metropolitan Cathedral Timișoara Emil Kindlein Museum Timișoara Calina Gallery Timișoara Helios Gallery Timișoara Jecza Gallery Timișoara Triade Gallery Timișoara Arad Museum Complex Golești Museum of Viticulture and Pomology NEW Banat Museum Reșița NEW Golia Tower and the House of the Deacon Ion Creangă („Center for Turistic Promotion” Association, Iași) NEW Roznovanu Palace (Iaşi City Hall) “Iron Gates” Region Museum (Drobeta Turnu Severin)

NEW On the initiative of the French organizers of the European Night of Museums, we invite you to discover the hidden story a selection of unique objects hosted by museums participating in the eighth edition of the event.