The Ministry of Culture will restore Samurcaș Villa within three and a half years at most

Samurcaș Villa, a historic monument and part of the ensemble of the National Museum of the Romanian Peasant in Bucharest, will be structurally reinforced and restored over the next three or three and a half years במסגרת the “Cultural Foundations” program. The work aims to restore the building’s original appearance and make it visible from Ion Mihalache Boulevard.

Bogdan Ștefan Trîmbaciu announced that the garages built in the property’s courtyard will be removed, while the storage buildings at the rear are to be arranged so that they no longer obstruct the view of the villa and the museum. Once the restoration is completed, the building will be opened to the public.

The villa was built in the Neo-Romanian style, based on a design by architect Nicolae Ghica-Budești, as an official residence for historian Alexandru Tzigara-Samurcaș, the museum’s founder. After 1948, the property served several purposes, and in 1954 it was taken over by the Securitate. During that period, the garages used for surveillance vehicles were built.

The building returned to the museum in 1998, after having been administered by the Autonomous Administration for the Management of State Protocol Heritage. It currently houses offices, laboratories, and administrative spaces. The project is part of a program running from 2025 to 2033, which also includes investments in other museum institutions in Bucharest.