Night of the Museums keeps Bucharest awake

Last Saturday night was not a night for sleeping. Several of the city’s most prestigious museums kept their gates open late for nocturnal culture vultures, including the Romanian Peasant’s Museum, the National Museum of Art, the National Museum of Contemporary Art, and the National Museum of Literature. Some had a special program for the occasion, which included not only late-night access to their collections, but also shows and film projections.

The Romanian Peasant’s Museum had three temporary exhibitions, dedicated to Mexican popular art, paintings from China and an exhibition under the auspices of the Romanian Architects’ Guild called www.distrugeri.ro, which protested against the destruction of important architecture landmarks.

The National Museum of Art allowed access to the National Gallery and the European Art Gallery. A play by the Masca theater was staged amid the bronze statues in the museum’s yard.

The National Museum of Literature prepared for its visitors theater shows, Russian music, jazz and poetry and topped everything off with the screening of the film If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle by Romanian director Florin Serban.

Otilia Haraga

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