Muzeul National al Literaturii Romane

66 years of cultural work, an impressive literary backlog, an archive of more than 300,000 works from over 430 collections from the 15th to the 20th century, one of the best-equipped book restoration labs in the country, a peerless exhibition, five memorial houses playing an active role in museum studies, other wide-ranging projects realized through international conferences and symposiums, public readings, round tables, lectures, performances, music and poetry recitals, exhibitions, plays, concerts, creative writing and imagination workshops, articles published by experts in a wide array of fields from Romania and abroad – a short description of the National Museum of Romanian Literature Bucharest (NMRL), currently one of the largest providers and promoters of cultural events, projects, programs, and productions, on equal footing with similar international cultural institutes, a reliable source of cultural values and works for experts in the area as well as general audiences. NMRL was awarded the European Museum Academy’s DASA Award in September 2021 for its excellent contributions to museum education, including its projects, Expoziția de bază (The Main Exhibition) at Nicolae Crețulescu Street no. 8 and the Anton Pann Memorial House, as well as numerous exhibition conferences, all under the museum’s unifying architecture. The award ceremony, the jury’s explanation, and the presentation of MNLR’s portfolio can be seen here. The National Museum of Romanian Literature is an institution of national significance on the country’s cultural and touristic map. Visitors are offered a series of interactive, thematic material, audio guides, as well as extremely diverse cultural events (meetings with writers, public readings, book launches, debates, movie screenings, music and poetry recitals, performances, workshops on translations, creative writing, imagination, and creativity). The museum experience is also accessible online on the multimedia website culturaindirect.ro, with video content of events, as well as information from the cultural world, particularly literature. History On 1 March, 1957, literary critic and Eminescu specialist Dumitru Panaitescu (Perpessicius) founded the Museum of Romanian Literature, which would later be considered of national importance on July 1, 2009. The museum spent 11 years in the Writers’ Union building (Toma Stelian House, Kiseleff 100) and nearly 50 years at Scarlat Kretzulescu House on Dacia Avenue no. 12, which, in 2014, was reclaimed and retroceded by order of the courts. For nearly three challenging years, the National Museum of Romanian Literature had no home, only to rediscover its place on Bucharest’s cultural, educational, and touristic map in December 2016, when the museum was moved to Calea Griviței 64-66. The museum recovered its institutional status with heritage assurance and protection and, in 2017, for its 60th anniversary, opened the new essential exhibition on Nicolae Crețulescu Street no. 8.