We invite you to visit the museums in Piatra-Neamț, Târgu-Neamț, and Roman during this year’s free visit event, on May 17, between 12:00 PM and 12:00 AM!

The museum units involved in the European Night of Museums project, part of the Neamț National Museum Complex, are:

• Piatra-Neamț:
  • Museum of History and Archaeology
  • Art Museum
  • Calistrat Hogaș Memorial Museum
  • Cucuteni Eneolithic Art Museum “Gheorghe Dumitroaia”
• Târgu-Neamț:
  • Neamț Fortress Museum
  • Ion Creangă Memorial Museum
• Roman:
  • Museum of History
  • Art Museum
  • Museum of Natural Sciences

Three of these museums have recently undergone extensive restoration as part of major conservation and promotion projects:

Events and Exhibitions for the European Night of Museums:

Museum of History and Archaeology, Piatra-Neamț

• Permanent exhibition – details:

Art Museum, Piatra-Neamț

• Permanent exhibition
• Temporary exhibition Cuza 150
• Contemporary art exhibition Est-Etica
• Contemporary art & social memory exhibition Ecleraj II

Calistrat Hogaș Memorial Museum, Piatra-Neamț

• Permanent exhibition
• Workshop: Journey into Moldova’s Past
  Led by museum curator Mihai Tudosă and Ioan Olaru, the workshop includes:
  • Coin minting: visitors observe traditional coin striking and can try making a medieval Moldavian gros.
  • History of writing: learn about old Greek and Romanian Cyrillic alphabets and try writing with ink and quill.

Cucuteni Eneolithic Art Museum “Gheorghe Dumitroaia”

• Permanent exhibition

Neamț Fortress Museum

• Permanent exhibition

Ion Creangă Memorial Museum, Humulești

• Permanent exhibition

Museum of History, Roman

• Building A: Permanent exhibition
• Building B (Casa Fălcoianu):
  • Heroes of the Air, educational project – Part I (3:00 PM)
    Historian Sorin Grumuș presents a lecture titled:
    Captain Aviator Alexandru Șerbănescu – Ace of the Romanian Air Force
  • • The Traditional Men’s Shirt in the Villages between Siret and Moldova, temporary exhibition & symposium (5:00 PM)
      Includes talks by:
    • Relu Butnariu (Roman History Museum)
      • Daniel Florin Sava (Pașcani Municipal Museum)
      • Iulia Cristina Lazăr (Roman History Museum)
        Exhibition open until June 17, 2025

Art Museum, Roman

• Plein-air, group exhibition opening (5:00 PM)
  Featuring works created in artistic camps from Roman, Piatra-Neamț, Izvorul Alb, Vaslui, Vulturești, Iași, Bacău.
  Exhibiting artists include Liviu Hâncu (Chișinău), George Leteanu (Vaslui), Doina Diaconu (Roman), Mihai Olteanu (Roman)
• Demo-live, 6th edition (6:00 PM – 12:00 AM)
  A dynamic, interactive evening of live art: drawing, painting, portraits, caricature, landscapes, still life – with artists from Roman, Bacău, Botoșani, Chișinău, Vaslui, Bârlad.

Museum of Natural Sciences, Roman

• Permanent exhibition: Nature of the Roman Area
  Features a diorama of the deciduous forest ecosystem of the Gâdinți hills at the end of summer. Includes flora like oak, beech, hornbeam, and fauna such as owls, badgers, deer, wolves, and boars.
  Highlights protected species like edelweiss, lady’s slipper orchid, and various Romanian peonies, as well as exhibits on butterflies, insect mimicry, and predators.

Temporary exhibition: The Magic of Butterflies