MUSEUM OF ART

This beautiful neoclassical building was built in 1870 by Ismail Pasha, then Ottoman governor of Tulcea. Recently modernized, it houses beautiful collections of paintings, engravings and sculptures. There are contemporary works by Pallady, Aman, Baba, Brauner or Grigorescu. One room is dedicated to paintings depicting Tulcea and Dobrogea. You will also be able to admire Russian and Lipovene icons, as well as beautiful pieces of European and Oriental decorative arts: jewellery, furniture, carpets, Persian earthenware, dresses sewn with gold thread..