National Museum of Art of Romania

The National Museum of Art of Romania is placed in the Royal Palace in Revolution Square, principal Bucharest. It functions collections of medieval and cutting-edge Romanian art, as well as the worldwide series assembled by way of the Romanian royal family. The exhibition "Shadows and Light" ran from 15 July to two October 2005. With four centuries of French art, it become the most important exhibition of French painting in Central and Eastern Europe since 1945. 77 works had been exhibited, together with masterpieces by using painters such as Poussin, Chardin, Ingres, David, Delacroix, Corot, Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, and Braque.

The museum become broken during the 1989 Romanian Revolution that brought about the downfall of Nicolae Ceau?escu. In 2000, part of the museum reopened to the public, housing the modern-day Romanian collection and the international series; the comprehensive Medieval art series, which now functions works salvaged from monasteries destroyed at some stage in the Ceau?escu generation, reopened in spring 2002. There also are halls that house brief reveals.