National Museum of Art of Romania
| Muzeul Național de Artă al României | |
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| Established | 1948 |
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| Location | Royal Palace, Bucharest, Romania |
| Type | Art museum |
| Accreditation | National Network of Museums of Romania |
| Collection size | 70,000 |
| Director | Roxana Theodorescu |
| Owner | Ministry of Culture of Romania |
| Public transit access | RATB, Bucharest Metro |
The National Museum of Art of Romania (Romanian: Muzeul Național de Artă al României) is located in the former royal palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest, completed in 1837. It features collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family.
The exhibition "Shadows and Light" ran from 15 July to 2 October 2005. With four centuries of French art, it was the largest exhibition of French painting in Central and Eastern Europe since 1945. 77 works were exhibited, including masterpieces by painters such as Poussin, Chardin, Ingres, David, Delacroix, Corot, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, and Braque.
The museum was damaged during the 1989 Romanian Revolution that led to the downfall of Nicolae Ceaușescu. In 2000, part of the museum reopened to the public, housing the modern Romanian collection and the international collection; the comprehensive Medieval art collection, which now features works salvaged from monasteries destroyed during the Ceaușescu era, reopened in spring 2002. There are also two halls that house temporary exhibits.
The modern Romanian collection features sculptures by Constantin Brâncuși, Milita Petrașcu, and Dimitrie Paciurea, as well as paintings by Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Petrașcu, and Gheorghe Tattarescu.
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