Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum in Bucharest

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Coordinates: 44°28′24.13″N 26°4′35.69″E / 44.4733694°N 26.0765806°E / 44.4733694; 26.0765806

A house in the Village Museum
The church of the Timişeni village, now at the Village Museum

The Village Museum (Muzeul Satului in Romanian) is an open-air ethnographic museum located in the Herăstrău Park (Bucharest, Romania), showcasing traditional Romanian village life. The museum extends to over 100,000 m2, and contains 272 authentic peasant farms and houses from all over Romania.

It was created in 1936 by Dimitrie Gusti, Victor Ion Popa, and Henri H. Stahl.

There are other "village museums" throughout Romania, including ASTRA National Museum Complex in Sibiu.

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