National Museum of Art of Romania

The Muzeul Naţional de Arta al României ( National Art Museum of Romania) is located in the former Royal Palace in Bucharest, which was completed in 1937. It houses valuable collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as an international art collection, which had been compiled by the royal family.

The museum was built during the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which led to the overthrow of Nicolae Ceauşescu, ignited and damaged. 2000 was a part of the museum, the modern Romanian collection and the international collection are made available to the public again. The comprehensive collection of medieval art was with works from monasteries that had been destroyed during the Ceauşescu era, completed and opened until 2002. In two other exhibition halls temporary exhibitions.

The collection of modern Romanian art includes sculptures by Constantin Brancusi and Dimitrie Paciurea and painting by Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Gheorghe Pătraşcu and Tattarescu.

The international collection includes works by Old Masters such as Domenico Veneziano, El Greco, Tintoretto, Jan van Eyck, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt, as well as a large number of Impressionist works by Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley. Among the most famous masterpieces of the collection include Jacopo Amigoni portrait of the singer Farinelli, a Crucifixion by Antonello da Messina and Alonso Cano's Christ at the Column.

The National Art Museum of Romania operates several branch offices, the Zambaccian Museum, Theodor Pallady Museum, the Museum of Art Collections and the currently closed Dimitrie - and - Aurelia - Ghiata Memorial Museum.