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The Village Museum (Muzeul Satului in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herastrau Park
Herastrau Park

Herastrau Park is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herastrau.The park has an area of about 1.1 km?, of which 0.7 km? is the lake....
 (Bucharest
Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
), showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m2
Square metre

The square metre is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol m?. It is defined as the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre....
, and contains 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania.

It was created in 1936 by Dimitrie Gusti
Dimitrie Gusti

Dimitrie Gusti was a Romanian Sociology, Ethnology, historian, and Voluntarism Philosophy; a professor at the University of Iasi and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister of Education in 1932-1933....
, Victor Ion Popa
Victor Ion Popa

Victor Ion Popa was a Romanian dramatist.He went to primary school in the village of Calmatui where his father was a teacher. At Iasi he finished his first five years of junior high/high school and his last two years of high school at the National high school of Iasi, graduating in 1914....
, and Henri H. Stahl
Henri H. Stahl

Henri H. Stahl was a Romanian Marxism Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Sociology, and Social history....
.

There are other "village museums" throughout Romania, including ASTRA National Museum Complex
ASTRA National Museum Complex

"ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
 in Sibiu
Sibiu

Sibiu is one of the largest cities in Transylvania, Romania with a population of about 175,000. It straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt River....
.








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Bucharest Village Museum House
The Village Museum (Muzeul Satului in Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herastrau Park
Herastrau Park

Herastrau Park is a large park on the northern side of Bucharest, Romania, around Lake Herastrau.The park has an area of about 1.1 km?, of which 0.7 km? is the lake....
 (Bucharest
Bucharest

Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
), showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m2
Square metre

The square metre is the SI derived unit of area, with symbol m?. It is defined as the area of a square whose sides measure exactly one metre....
, and contains 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania.

It was created in 1936 by Dimitrie Gusti
Dimitrie Gusti

Dimitrie Gusti was a Romanian Sociology, Ethnology, historian, and Voluntarism Philosophy; a professor at the University of Iasi and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister of Education in 1932-1933....
, Victor Ion Popa
Victor Ion Popa

Victor Ion Popa was a Romanian dramatist.He went to primary school in the village of Calmatui where his father was a teacher. At Iasi he finished his first five years of junior high/high school and his last two years of high school at the National high school of Iasi, graduating in 1914....
, and Henri H. Stahl
Henri H. Stahl

Henri H. Stahl was a Romanian Marxism Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Sociology, and Social history....
.

There are other "village museums" throughout Romania, including ASTRA National Museum Complex
ASTRA National Museum Complex

"ASTRA" National Museum Complex is a museum complex in Sibiu, Romania, which gathers under the same authority four ethnology and civilisation museums in the city, a series of laboratories for conservation and research, and a documentation centre....
 in Sibiu
Sibiu

Sibiu is one of the largest cities in Transylvania, Romania with a population of about 175,000. It straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt River....
.

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