The National Brukenthal Museum is located in the old central square in Sibiu and it is housed in the palace of Samuel von Brukenthal.
Summer Schedule (21.03 – 21.10)
Tuesday – Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00
Monday and the first Tuesday of every month is closed.
Winter Schedule (21.10 – 21.03)
Wednesday – Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00
Monday and Tuesday is closed
* opening hours may vary, they are just for guidance
Standard ticket for all the museums: 45 lei
Standard ticket prices:
The Brukenthal Palace, European Art Gallery - 20 lei
The Romanian Art Gallery - 12 lei
History Museum The Altemberger House - 20 lei
National History Museum - 13 lei
Pharmacy History Museum - 10 lei
“August von Spiess” Hunting Museum - 10 lei
The Multimedia Hall, Blue House - 4 lei
Ticket prices for organized groups of more than 10 people:
The European Art Gallery - 13 lei/person
History Museum The Altemberger House - 13 lei/person
National History Museum - 11 lei/person
Pharmacy History Museum - 8 lei/person
“August von Spiess” Hunting Museum - 8 lei/person
Contemporary Art Gallery - 6 lei/person
Guide for expositions: 100lei/ 60 min./museum
Guide for the historical city center: 300 lei
The guide needs to be booked 48 hours in advance for foreign languages.
Discounted ticked prices for students and retirees
* visiting taxes may vary, they are just for guidance
Known as the largest museum in south-east Europe, The National Brukenthal Museum is mostly famous for its large collection of paintings as well as for its rich history. Officially opened to the public in 1817, The Brukenthal Museum is the first ever museum that has opened in Romania, and today has become an important country brand.
At the time of its opening, the museum contained a whopping collection of 1090 very valuable paintings, from the personal collection of former governor of Transylvania between 1777 and 1787, Samuel von Brukenthal.
Born in 1721, Samuel von Brukenthal was the son of a royal judge and a he started the construction of the Brukenthal Palace a year after he was elected governor of Transylvania. The palace was first designed to be a personal residency, large enough to accommodate all the baron’s paintings other and art collections (engravings, books, numismatics and minerals) he much cherished, in a very distinguished baroque style.
His position and wealth allowed him to build an impressive collection of artwork, paintings especially, but given he had no sons, after his death he left his entire wealth and his residence to a male line descendent. However, in his will he stated that if there were no successors and his family line will eventually die out, his palace should go to the Evangelical Church for the purpose of becoming an art museum open to the general public.
This happened in 1817, and ever since, the Brukenthal Museum’s object was to preserve the existing patrimony but also to enlarge the collections with new additions. His painting collection reached an amazing number of 1200 pieces, works of the main European painting schools of the XVII-XVIII centuries: Flemish-Dutch, German, Austrian, Italian, Spanish and French.
Today, the Brukenthal National Museum comprises not just one but 4 museums, 3 art galleries as well as seasonal art exhibitions and is visited by over 400.000 tourist from all over the world.
Want to have an authentic taste of medieval Transylvania? Pay a visit to the Brukenthal Museum!