The National Network of Museums of Romania announces an absolute record of 311 cultural events registered during the “Night of Museums 2023”, which will take place on Saturday, May 13, in a joint program between Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

This year, “Night of Museums” will present the largest number of events over the past 19 years of its existence: 297 from Romania and 14 from the Republic of Moldova, which are currently registered.

• “From Chisinau to Ayud and from Palanka to Rosioria de Vede, a whole cultural constellation has formed, in which there are, first of all, museums, which I want to especially thank for their participation, as well as spaces and projects of friends of the night. museums that will welcome the public with hundreds of diverse and interactive events and activities adapted to all ages and cultural interests.
• The number of registrations for this edition will continue to increase until May 13, as we continue to receive requests from museums and cultural institutions,” Dragos Nyamu, Coordinator of the Department of International Relations and Cultural Projects, Manager of Museum Nights, was quoted as saying in the press release.

Night of Museums 2023, in 82 settlements from 33 counties of Romania

The Night of Museums will be celebrated by 217 museums and 80 cultural organizations in 82 settlements from 33 districts of the country.

Apart from Bucharest, the Night of Museums 2023 has a record number of museums and open spaces in Tirgu Mures, where 28 events await the public, followed by the cities of Iasi, Cluj-Napoca and Brasov.

• The program of the Night of Museums 2023, in each city of the country where it will be held, can be found here

Night of Museums in Bucharest – 60 events

Around 60 events will take place in the capital from Saturday morning until late at night, offered by museums, art galleries, cultural and exhibition centers, theater spaces, opera houses, choirs, palaces, institutes, houses of experiments or higher schools and music. festivals

The special guest of the Night of Museums 2023 is the museum of the world phenomenon, the Museum of Military Childhood, which opened for the first time in Romania.

His exhibition can be visited for free in the New Gallery of the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant, starting at 4:30 p.m., from May 12 to June 12, 2023. The exhibition is called “Listen” and presents an innovative curatorial approach and an extremely emotional exhibition course, which is built around the objects and testimonies of children affected by the war.

• “After the war in Bosnia, there were hundreds of projects trying to document it from different perspectives, from politicians to journalists to doctors and so on, but nothing from the children’s perspective.
• Being part of a generation that grew up during war, I wanted to embrace this blank slate by documenting and presenting the experiences of children in conflict zones, and this museum was born.
• Also, through the World Museum of Childhood, I wanted to change the general perception of children during the war. Children during war are usually perceived as a passive, completely vulnerable part, but WCM also wants to emphasize the resilience and creativity of children, their ability to change their lives, as well as the lives of others,” says Yasminko Khalilovych, founder. Museum of Military Childhood.

Stories and symbolic objects of children from Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Yemen, Iraq, Palestine, Eritrea, as well as Ukrainian refugee children in Romania will be exhibited in Bucharest.

In the first participation in the Night of Museums, the 19th edition, there are the Romanian Athenaeum, the Football Museum, the Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Miez Festival, the Grandmother’s House “Nichodate Singuri”, the Historic Auction House. , drawing and architecture workshops for children, developed as part of the “Case de Musicicieni” project in collaboration with MNRL and MAM Studio at the Anton Pann Museum and many others.

The Bucharest Transport Company will complement the line 361 bus dedicated to the event, which will run for free from 19:00 to 03:00 on the night of May 13-14.

Night of museums in the Republic of Moldova

The 19th edition of “Museum Nights” will also take place in the Republic of Moldova in 14 museums: five museum institutions in Chisinau, including four large national museums, as well as nine museums from five districts.