The best museums Braşov

Strategically located to dominate the city and the northern plains, the citadel(cetatea) was part of Braşov's fortification plan, after that of Mount Tâmpa had been abandoned. Modified and remodeled many times over the centuries, the citadel lost its defensive role in the ^19th century, serving in turn as a prison, a military barracks and a repository for state archives under Communism. It was extensively restored in the 1980s. You can't visit the interior, but the view over the city is sumptuous.

Dedicated to the ethnology of southeastern Transylvania, this museum illustrates, through its precious heritage, the rural civilization of the Bran, Rupea, Ţara Oltului, Valea Hârtibaciului and Ţara Bârsei areas. A permanent exhibition, dedicated to the history of the region's fabrics, shows the changes in raw materials, techniques and dyes, in relation to the evolution of rural and urban society. The exhibition also presents the lifestyle and clothing trends of the early ^20th century in south-eastern Transylvania.

Occupying a neo-baroque building dating from 1902, it boasts fine collections of national art (Tattarescu, Aman, Grigorescu, Mattis-Teutsch...), illustrating the evolution of Romanian art (painting and sculpture) in the ^19th and ^20th centuries. The permanent exhibition also features Transylvanian art from the ^16th to the ^20th centuries, as well as a series of ^18th-century portraits of the city's notables. The decorative arts section features fine porcelain from Europe and Asia. Temporary exhibitions are organized on a regular basis.

Located in the courtyard of St. Nicholas' Church, this beautiful building, built in a baroque style in the 18th century, instead of an older wooden one, housed the first Romanian school, established in 1495. There are the printing works of Deacon Coresi, who had the first books published in Romanian in the 16th century. There will also be old textbooks, printing machines and school furniture from different periods, as well as a small ethnographic section dedicated to the Schei district.

Located in a village on the outskirts of Brașov, the museum occupies a 1543 building that was used to collect taxes for three centuries. It features an exhibition on the traditional civilization of the Southern Carpathians: trades, crafts, technical facilities, a living space and traditional costumes. It reflects the multicultural nature of the Săcele region, where Romanian shepherds cohabited with a population of Hungarian origin, known as Csangos.

Housed in a building dating back to 1566, this museum traces the evolution of urban society in Brașov, a trading city at the crossroads of East and West. We discover various aspects of daily life: the notable's living room, the children's room, the spice counter, the embroidery workshop and the photography studio. Wall paintings, with floral decor inspired by the Transylvanian Late Renaissance of the ^18th-19th centuries, have been preserved.