City: Transylvania
Top Things to do in Transylvania
The 10 Best Specialty Museums in Transylvania, Romania
Transylvania is a historical region in today's central Romania. Bound on the east and south by its natural borders, the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended westward to the Apuseni Mountains. The term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical regions of Crișana and Maramureș, and occasionally the Romanian part of Banat.
Restaurants in Transylvania
1. Muzeul Etnografic Rupea
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. Art & Crafts
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5.0 based on 234 reviews
Hello, My name is Mark Tudose and few years ago I have start "Art & Crafts" in Sighisoara. At first I have made a local artist gallery with handmade products around Sighisoara. I do the wood part in the gallery. In time we developed more opening a museum section for our gallery with pieces made of wood about 50 years ago. This year is for the first time when we will open this museum part for our customers. So, feel free to visit us and let me know your opinion. I really think that the only way for a craft it comes with the story behind. I hope you will like our stories.
Reviewed By mirunavrn - Bucharest, Romania
This souvenir shop in the historical center has various products made by local craftsmen: from wooden carved spoons and hand painted Christian icons to handmade magnets showing the most iconic attractions of the city. The owner is very polite and hospitable, even gives more details about the products and the stories behind them.
3. COMPLEXUL ASTRONOMIC BAIA MARE
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5.0 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By ancac148 - Timisoara, Romania
The presentation was very interesting. You can see the moon and the stars, also the constellation. I recommend this place.
4. Petry Museum and Workshop
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5.0 based on 17 reviews
5. Water Tower Galleries
6. Retro IT Museum
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5.0 based on 17 reviews
Due to recent development in the Covid-19 situation, we regretfully inform you that the museum is closed until further notice. Thank you Retro IT Computer History Museum hosts a big collection of vintage computers, portables, laptops and around 1500 different CPUs. A lot of history and many stories about the beginning of the technology. Visiting is possible every Saturday from 10 AM until 4 PM and from Monday to Friday – only with a previous booking – from 4 PM until 10PM. Please make your booking a day before your arrival.
Reviewed By C673FOdianad
We visited this unique romanian museum on saturday when the majority of the attractions in Arad are closed. Spent 1 hr being fascinated about all the computers and laptops from 10, 20 30 and 40 years ago (neither large IT universities in Romania could bot gather such a nice collection). Got some very nice souvenirs: calendars and mini IT boards as key chains. The person founding the museum from his personal money is definitely a passionate IT fan and he wants to further developp the museum. The bookings for visit (free entrance) can be prior made through phone or facebook page very easy.
7. Museum of Living in Communism
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
The museum is practically a time-machine that will enable you to experience, first-hand, the living conditions of a normal working class family in communist times. Therefore in order to be able to understand what it meant to live in a communist country we encourage you to book an over-night stay.
Reviewed By MiMaV - London, United Kingdom
Surreal, accurate snapshot of our childhood homes. Every detail, piece of furniture, magazine, carpet or bibelou trigger powerful memories. For everyone else a powerful inaight into how life was lived indoors in communism. Well worth a detour from central Brasov.
8. ASTRA Museum
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4.5 based on 913 reviews
ASTRA Museum is the largest open air museum from Europe and the most complete (traditional architecture, crafts, events, exhibitions a.s.o.), more than 10 km alleys and over 400 buildings of wood, stone, brick reconstructed in the museum to illustrate the everyday/ daily life of the ancestors who lived in villages of Romania. Diversity, multicultural and tradition preserved and relived in The Open Air Museum from Dumbrava Forest are the main assets of the ASTRA Museum.
Reviewed By aurelia2015905 - Bucharest, Romania
In the immediate vicinity of Sibiu in the middle of nature on a veryy large area you can enjoy visiting over 400 houses, household annexes, techinical instalations and 2 church of our national culture and civilization. An amazing place of romanian traditions.
9. Casa Muresenilor
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4.5 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By floroister - Brasov, Romania
The museum has a wide gallery where it hosts interesting temporary exhibition that incorporate an outlook of modern times through technology or contemporary subjects. For example, Celest - an exhibition that is on until July 13th 2017, that is about the exploration of space. Interesting for anybody who likes to play, regardless of age.
10. Palace of Culture
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4.5 based on 205 reviews
Reviewed By florentinadriang - Arad, Romania
The city leadership, at the beginning of the twentieth century, decided to build a new city center, and chose that the three buildings to be built be made in the Art Nouveau style. It was possible to build only two of them - the Cultural Palace and the City Hall (currently the Prefecture) and the Theater was not built. The architecture of the Palace of Culture is absolutely superb, made with great attention to every detail, and is in a perfect state of preservation. I did not have time to visit it inside, the cost of a ticket (approx. 3 Euro) being practically symbolic. If you have time, visit it during the day, to admire its architecture, but also at night, when the building is artistic iluminated
