Brukenthal National Museum

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Brukenthal National Museum

Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu
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Location	Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania
Coordinates	45°47′47.4″N 24°9′2.2″E / 45.796500°N 24.150611°E / 45.796500; 24.150611

The Brukenthal National Museum (Romanian: Muzeul Național Brukenthal; German: Brukenthalmuseum) is a museum in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, established in the late 18th century by Samuel von Brukenthal (1721-1803) in his city palace. Baron Brukenthal, governor of the Grand Principality of Transylvania established his first collections around 1790. The collections were officially opened to the public in 1817, making the museum the oldest institution of its kind on the territory of modern-day Romania.

Today, in its extended form, it is a complex comprising six museums, which, without being separate administrative entities, are situated in different locations around the city and have their own distinct cultural programmes.