THE BRUKENTHAL NATIONAL MUSEUM
of SIBIU / HERMANNSTADT, ROMANIA (2006 – 2010)
The Brukenthal National Museum was opened to the public in 1817, being
• the first museum on the today’s Romanian territories.
• the second museum founded in the Central Europe.
The Museum was named after its founder – Baron Samuel von Brukenthal
(Governor of Transylvania between 1777 and 1787), who built an impressive
Baroque palace in Sibiu, in which the Museum established its beginnings.
Initially presenting von Brukenthal’s collection of European Painting in one
single building, today the Museum shelters a large diversity of valuable
collections in 9 buildings of which 5 are palaces raised in different epochs:
•the earliest (13th century) is part of the architectural complex of Museum of History.
•the latest dates from 1901 and hosts the Contemporary Art Gallery.
STRUCTURE
Three main sections, one management and administration, individual locations and
cultural programmes, double ownership of Romanian State and Evangelical
Church C. A.
THE ART GALLERIES
•The European Art Galleries (The Brukenthal Palace)
•The Romanian Art Gallery (The Blue House)
•The Contemporary Art Gallery
THE BRUKENTHAL LIBRARY (The Brukenthal Palace)
THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY (The Altemberger House)
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
•The Museum of Natural History (central quarters)
•The Museum of Pharmacy
•The “August von Spiess” Museum of Hunting
The Fresco Hall in Piaţa Mică/Lesser Square, Nr. 22
THE BRUKENTHAL PALACE
The palace presents 2 storeys, a front and a back inner courtyards.
The Front Inner Courtyard
ARRANGED 2007 – 2008
RESTAURED 2006
2008
2006: December
August
April
THE BRUKENTHAL PALACE
The Back Inner Courtyard:
2010
ARRANGED 2007 – 2009
RESTAURED 2006
2008
August 2006
2006: July
June
April
THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY
The building was the subject of an ample restoration process, regarding the
humidity eradication, plastering, monument special painting and woodwork
restoration.
2007
2006: July
April
2007
2006: July
April
The permanent exhibition was fully re-organized (2006-2007 and extended in
2008). The concept is the one of local history, since prehistory to modern time
2008
2007
old exhibition
THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
2008
2007
the old exhibition
The Museum was founded by the
Transylvanian Society of Natural Sciences,
being opened in May, 1895.
2007
Raised for the porpoise of sheltering a
museum, the construction was built in
Italian High Renaissance architectural style.
2007
the old exhibition
The new permanent exhibition opened in 2007.
MULTIFUNCTIONAL ROOM
April 2009
170 sits and segmentation devices for
simultaneous activities
-professional beamers
-automatic screens
-sounding devices
-amovable wall
EDUCATION: PEDAGOGY
EDUCATION ROOMS
Brukenthal Palace
Museum of Natural History
OPENED 2008
Museum of History
OPENED 2007
OPENED 2008
EDUCATION: PEDAGOGY
PROGRAMMES: educational years 2008/2009 and 2009/2010
ACTIVITIES:
Workshops
Contests
Exhibitions
EDUCATION: PEDAGOGY
All
groups of
age
EDUCATION: ADULT CONTINUOUS FORMATION
Cultural events
Free visitation days
Inter-disciplinarian exhibitions
School teachers training
PUBLISHING: CATALOGUES
11 Catalogues to the Collections
3 Catalogues to the Permanent Exhibitions
of which 1 RO/DE, 1 RO/DE
10 Catalogues to the Temporary Exhibitions
of which 2 RO/EN, 1 RO/DE, 1 RO, EN, DE, IT, HU version
PUBLISHING: POPULARISATION
8 Guide Books to the Museum
some in 2nd editions
3 Albums
to the Museum, EN/DE
to the Flemish Collection
EN, DE, RO version
thematic EN/RO
4 Leaflets
4 Leaflets
7 DVD-s
Exhibition presentation
Museum presentation
Museum presentation
RO and EN version
RO and EN version
EN/DE/FR subtitling
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY 2006 - 2008
5 international symposiums hosted by the Museum:
The Carpathian Basin and its Role in the Neolithisation
of Balkan Peninsula (2007)
Aquatic Biodiversity International Conference (2007)
Funerary practices in Europe, before and after the Roman Conquest (2007)
The Danube Script: Neo-Eneolithic Writing in Southeastern Europe (2008)
Antique Jewelries: The Dacian Gold Bracelets Found in Orăştie Mountains (2008)
Participations to over 30 symposiums abroad
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY 2006 - 2008
The Brukenthal National Museum was certified as one of the credited
institutions of research and development in accordance with HG Nr. 551/2007
(annexed to the ANCS decision nr. 9789/10.XI, 2008).
International Programmes and Projects
National symposiums and congresses
Museum’s Scientific Journal: Brukenthal. Acta Musei
2006
2007
2008
History
Art
Natural History
BIBLIOTHECA BRVKENTHAL book series (2006 – 2009)
2006: I - VI
2007: VII - XVIII
2008: XIX - XXXI
2009: XXXII - XL
180 TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS, 2007 – 2010
The Brukenthal Palace – 37
The Contemporary Art Gallery – 68
The Multifunctional Room – 10
The Museum of History – 32
The Museum of Natural History – 17
Museum Education – 16
17 EXHIBITIONS ABROAD, 2007 – 2010
PRIZES and AWARDS
2 Management Prizes
awarded by Romanian Ministry of Culture and Cults
to Professor Sabin Adrian Luca
2007 and 2008
1 National Prize for Best Patrimony Exhibition
awarded by Margareta Sterian Foundation
to Dr. Elena Popescu
2007
1 Prize for Best Exhibition of the Year
awarded by ICOM National Romanian Committee
to Dr. Maria Ordeanu
2008
PRIZES and AWARDS
The European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage –
Europa Nostra 2010, Category 4: Education,
Training and Awareness-raising.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Banners
Posters
Bus TV Clip
Press
Conferences
Official site
Locations Map
Mass Media
INFORMATION
May 2009 – Launching the new official website of the Museum.
MARKETING: BRANDING
Brukenthal Mark 2008
LOGO
UNIFORMS
Personalized products
MARKETING: SHOPS AND VENDING AREAS
BRUKENTHAL PALACE: Shop
MUSEUM OF HISTORY: Shop
ARRANGED 2007, 2008
OPENED 2008
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: Shop
The Museum of Pharmacy: Vending Area
The Museum of Hunting: Vending Area
OPENED 2008
BEING VISITOR FRIENDLY
Bilingual pricing list, discount and
free admission policy of Museum
Information points and Touch screens
Bilingual exhibits labeling
Easy-to-follow circuit signing
Summer terrace
Cloakrooms
VISITATION
Number of visitors
The total number of persons who have visited Brukenthal National
Museum
366.410
372.731
282.913
245.067
77.545
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
THE BRUKENTHAL NATIONAL MUSEUM!
A MUSEUM FOR ALL AFINITIES
PALACES
ART
HISTORY
NATURAL
HISTORY
PHARMACY
HUNTING
… ALL SEASONS
… ALL AGES
… AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS
… 130 EMPLOYEES
… 5500 m² EXHIBITIONS
… 194 YEARS HISTORY
A NEVER ENDING STORY …
Thank you for watching our slide show!
Photo: Alexandru Olănescu and Ioan Haralambie Popescu
done by
Dana Roxana Hrib
PR, Education and Marketing Department of Brukenthal National Museum
Sibiu, January 2011