Night of Museums 2013 in figures

Already at its ninth edition, Night of Museums was celebrated on Saturday, May 18th. Over 180 museums in Romania participated at this great and successful event. National Network of Museums in Romania (RNMR) is thankful to all museums involved, to the French organizers of the European Night of Museums, to its partners and volunteers, to mass-media representatives and all supporters and participants to the event! Museums located in Aiud, Arad, Alba Iulia, Alexandria, Bacău, Baia Mare, Brașov, Brăila, Buzău, Caracal, Caransebeş, Constanța, Cluj-Napoca, Deva, Golești, Iași, Oradea, Piteşti, Ploiești, Râmnicu Sărat, Reșita, Sfântu Gheorghe, Sibiu, Sighișoara, Sinaia, Sfântu Gheorghe, Slatina, Slobozia, Suceava, Târgu-Jiu, Târgu-Cărbuneşti, Târgu-Mureș, Teleorman, Timișoara, Tulcea and not only were open to the public. Concerts, films and animations, characters brought to life, children workshops, presentations and performances completed the program of this special night in a unique way and turned the visits to the exhibitions into unforgettable experiences.

Night of Museums in Bucharest – 171.824 visitors (Night of Museums 2012: 154.000) The Art Museum “Vasile Grigore”– painter and collector - 588 visitors Bellu Museum 6.000 visitors National Military Museum „King Ferdinand I”  5.430 visitors Bucharest Municipal Museum: main location 11.000 visitors, „Theodor Aman” Museum (NEW) 6.000 visitors, “Vasile Urseanu” Observatory 1.000 visitors, The Old Princely Court 5.000 visitors National Museum of Contemporary Art 5.600 visitors National Museum of Art of Romania 8.500 visitors Aviation Museum 5.987 visitors National Museum of Geology 14.619 visitors “George Enescu“ National Museum (Bucharest, Sinaia, Tescani) 7.218 visitors National Museum of Maps and Old Books 1.530 visitors “Grigore Antipa“ National Museum of Natural History 18.672 visitors National Museum of Romanian History 10.500 visitors National Museum of Firemen 4.100 visitors “Dimitrie Leonida“ National Technical Museum 3.750 visitors National Museum of the Romanian Peasant 7.425 visitors “Dumitru Furnică-Minovici“ Museum of Western Art - 2.044 visitors National Museum of Romanian Literature 4.700 visitors Bellu Museum - 6.000 visitors Cotroceni National Museum - 4.500 visitors Romanian Railway Museum (NEW) - 1.300 visitors “Dimitrie Gusti“ National Village Museum - 4.000 visitors

Cultural organizations: National Archives of Romania 1.500 visitors “Carol I“ Central University Library 1.500 visitors Art Society Cultural Center 3.380 visitors Animal Farm (NEW) 2.203 visitors Galateca Gallery (NEW) - 2.000 visitors Löwendal Foundation 650 visitors Romanian Design Week - Ştirbei Palace (NEW) 5.000 visitors “Spiru Haret“ University 1.200 visitors World Press Photo Romania - Universității Square 15.000 visitors

Partial results elsewhere in Romania:

ASTRA National Museum Complex - 19.607 visitors: ASTRA Traditional Folk Civilization Museum 14.500, “Franz Binder” Museum of Universal Ethnography 2.987, “Emil Sigerus” Museum of Saxon Ethnography and Folk Art 2.000, Memorial Cultural Center „Dr. Gheorghe Telea Bologa” 120 Total: 19.607 visitors Sălişte’s Culture Museum (Sălişte) - 115 visitors Private Collection “Professor Lucia Irimie” (Sălişte) - 115 visitors Museum of Icons on Glass „Priest Zosim Oancea” (Sibiel) - 115 visitors Silviculture Museum - Ocolul Silvic Valea Cibinului Sălişte -  - 115 visitors

Cluj-Napoca Museum of Art 15.000 visitors Transylvania Ethnographic Museum (Cluj-Napoca) 11.632 visitors National History Museum of Transylvania - main location (Cluj-Napoca) 3.765 visitors, Collection of Pharmacy History (Cluj-Napoca) 2.783 visitors, Ethno-Archaeology Museum „Petre Poruţiu” Iclod 195 visitors Total 6.743 visitors Babeş-Bolyai University Museums - Museum of the University (Cluj-Napoca) 1.051 visitors Petre Țuțea Cultural Center - Cluj-Napoca 2.000 visitors Dej Municipal Museum 750 visitors

Mineralogy Museum Baia Mare – Maramureș (including Planetarium) 6.000 visitors Art County Museum “Artistic Center Baia Mare” - 5.006 visitors County Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art Baia Mare - 2.860 visitors Maramureș County Museum of History and Archaeology - 4.500 visitors

National Museum Complex „Moldova” Iaşi „Poni-Cernătescu” Memorial Museum - National Museum Complex „Moldova” Iaşi 4607 visitors „Mihail Kogălniceanu” Memorial Museum - National Museum Complex „Moldova” Iaşi 4238 visitors The Union Museum Iași - National Museum Complex „Moldova” Iaşi 11.200 visitors Hârlau Wine and Vineyard Museum - National Museum Complex „Moldova” Iaşi 204 visitors “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Palace Ruginoasa - National Museum Complex „Moldova” Iaşi 987 visitors Total: 21.236 visitors Roznovanu Palace (Iași City Hall) 6.500 visitors Golia Tower and the House of the Deacon Ion Creangă - „Center for Turistic Promotion” Association, Iași 3.000 visitors

Sighișoara History Museum 3.150 visitors National Museum of Agriculture Slobozia 296 visitors Târgoviște National Museum Complex - 8.099 visitors Prahova County Museum of Art “Ion Ionescu-Quintus” (Ploiești) 2.874 visitors Golești Museum of Viticulture and Pomology 5.064 visitors County Museum of Ethnography and Border Regiment Caransebeș County Museum of Ethnography and Border Regiment Caransebeș 1.200 visitors Archeological Reservation Tibiscum - Jupa - County Museum of Ethnography and Border Regiment Caransebeș 700 visitors Total: 1.900 visitors The National Museum of Unification Alba Iulia 7.000 visitors Night of Museums in Tulcea - Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea 3.910 visitors Romanian Navy Museum Constanța 6.000 visitors “Petre Tutea” Cultural Center (Brasov) Bastionul Graft 500 visitors Brăila Museum Brăila Museum (main location) 2.760 visitors “NICĂPETRE” Cultural Center - Brăila Museum 680 visitors “PANAIT ISTRATI” Memorial House - Brăila Museum 364 visitors “D. PANAITESCU PERPESSICIUS” Memorial House - Brăila Museum 234 visitors Natural Sciences Department - Brăila Museum 353 visitors Total: 4.391 visitors Buzău County Museum - 2.000 visitors Arad Museum Complex - 1.500 visitors Natural Sciences Museum Complex “Ion Borcea” Bacău - 3.003 visitors Argeș County Museum (Pitești) 3.422 visitors Deva Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilisation - 2.000 visitors Art Museum Galați - 7.000 visitors Natural Sciences Museum Complex Galați - 7.000 visitors

Banat Museum Reșița - approximately 1.000 visitors