Top Things to do in Western Romania
Things to do in Western Romania, Transylvania: The Best Specialty Museums
Discover the best top things to do in Western Romania, Romania including Confectionery Museum, Water Tower Galleries, Retro IT Museum, Muzeul Cineastului Amator, Muzeul Trenuletelor Valentin Banciu, Castelul Gabriel Bethlen, The Gold Museum, Muzeul de Locomotive (Steam Locomotive Museum), Muzeul Consumatorului Comunist, Muzeul Civilizatiei Dacice si Romane Deva.
Restaurants in Western Romania
1. Confectionery Museum
2. Water Tower Galleries
3. Retro IT Museum
Overall Ratings
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.
4. Muzeul Cineastului Amator
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
The Amateur Filmmaker's Museum (unique in Romania)is a private initiative that proposes to research and point out to the public the importance that the movement of amateur filmmakers had in Romania. The main collection represents film cameras and projectors. The museum is located in the old projection room of 23 August's Cinema
5. Muzeul Trenuletelor Valentin Banciu
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
Vă invităm să vizitați minunata lume a miniaturilor: trenulețe, garnituri și mașinuțe. 40 de ani de colecție, diorama cu 4 anotimpuri, 18000 de piese, 4 camere de expoziție. Vă așteptăm cu drag!
Reviewed By loredanaa56
The museum itself isn't too big, but you can easily spend a whole day in there, just noticing all the carefully placed diorama details. There's seasonal dioramas, working trains and interactive sounds/actions buttons for the visitors to push. The hilarious details make it a superbly thought out miniatures showcase. I won't give out any spoilers, though! We visited on a Saturday morning, luckily it was early enough, so we had the whole display to ourselves. The hostess was very kind, talked to us about the history behind the collection, who Valentin Banciu was and how he managed to amass so many wonderful pieces. We were even given a little treat, the ability to see the display in the dark, truly amazing for visitors of all ages! Entrance fee was about the price of a burger, but you get much more out of it :)
6. Castelul Gabriel Bethlen
7. The Gold Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By 940emilc - Samsun, Turkey
We came 2 families with kids. The place is absolutely fantastic, considering that most of the shapes of the gold are created by nature. Some are valued over 2mil EUR. A must see, unique place.
8. Muzeul de Locomotive (Steam Locomotive Museum)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By Viorel_25 - Sibiu, Romania
Located in a park near national road DN58, it's a free open air museum having on display various models of steam locomotives.
9. Muzeul Consumatorului Comunist
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 90 reviews
The Communist Consumers Museum is designed as a typical Romanian apartment from that era, with a living room, children's room, kitchen and hallways. It displays on shelves, in closets and drawers most of everything that Romanians could buy before the revolution of 1989, from toys to vinyls, TV and radio sets to bicycles, kitchen attire and much, much more. After traveling through time in the museum, one can also enjoy a nice relaxing time in the upstairs bar: Scart Loc Lejer.
Reviewed By sneskaz - Novi Sad, Serbia
This place is a cafe from which you descend into a museum where you will see a lot of household objects and toys from the past and learn something about the everyday life of people who lived during the communist era. An extremely nice girl is working at the cafe and she will explain everything about the museum. They have great home brewed beer and even better background music!
10. Muzeul Civilizatiei Dacice si Romane Deva
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By gabriela19popescu - Bucharest, Romania
Interesting as any museum. Dacians and Romans, many years ago, managed to have a good life. They thought, they worked. All my respect!!! But we had a guide ... we and our friends would have listened to him forever.
