This museum of haphazard history contains a selection of Roman and a few later medieval stones, combined with a reproduction of Trajan's column, which commemorates his defeat of the Dacians (who lived here before the Romans came). There is also an impressive collection of gold objects through the centuries, beginning with 3 fine helmets from about the 4th century BC. Puzzlingly, one can find hidden in a gallery with an entrance in the corner, and easily missed, an extensive and well contextualised exhibition of Romania in the first world war, with English translation. Obviously, to be a first class national history museum this has to all be put in to order and the gaps filled in! But not so bad as far as it goes.
Sunday 18 June 2017
National History Museum, Bucarest, Romania.
This museum of haphazard history contains a selection of Roman and a few later medieval stones, combined with a reproduction of Trajan's column, which commemorates his defeat of the Dacians (who lived here before the Romans came). There is also an impressive collection of gold objects through the centuries, beginning with 3 fine helmets from about the 4th century BC. Puzzlingly, one can find hidden in a gallery with an entrance in the corner, and easily missed, an extensive and well contextualised exhibition of Romania in the first world war, with English translation. Obviously, to be a first class national history museum this has to all be put in to order and the gaps filled in! But not so bad as far as it goes.
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