(Translated by Google) The Museum of Natural History in Sibiu is an institution with a museum profile founded in 1849 in Sibiu. The current building of the museum was built in 1894-1895 in the former park of the Theater, on Cetății Street no. 1. Due to the increase in the number of collections, the space that housed the museum fund became inappropriate and it became necessary to build its own building. Funds for the construction of the new building were raised through donations and contributions from various political and scientific institutions, banking and public companies. In the autumn of 1894, in the former park of the theater, the construction works of the building for museum purpose were started, according to the project of the Cluj architect C.W. Fr. Maetz, originally from Mediaș. The festive inauguration of the museum took place on May 12, 1895. In the spaces of this building were brought the collections of the Transylvanian Society of Natural Sciences. The building was built in the style of the late Italian Renaissance, with three levels (basement, ground floor and first floor). It was renovated between 2006 and 2008. (Original) Muzeul de Istorie Naturală din Sibiu este o instituție cu profil muzeal înființată în anul 1849 la Sibiu. Actuala clădire a muzeului a fost construită în anii 1894-1895 în fostul parc al Teatrului, pe strada Cetății nr. 1. Ca urmare a creșterii numărului de colecții, spațiul care adăpostea fondul muzeal a devenit impropriu și a devenit necesară construirea unei clădiri proprii. Fondurile pentru construirea noii clădiri au fost strânse prin donații și contribuții ale diferitelor instituții politice și științifice, societăți bancare și obștești. În toamna anului 1894 în fostul parc al teatrului au fost începute lucrările de construcție ale clădirii cu scop muzeal, după proiectul arhitectului clujean C.W. Fr. Maetz, originar din Mediaș. Inaugurarea festivă a muzeului a avut loc la 12 mai 1895. În spațiile acestei clădiri au fost aduse colecțiile Societății Ardelene de Științe Naturale. Clădirea a fost construită în stilul Renașterii italiene târzii, având trei nivele (demisol, parter și etaj). Ea a fost renovată între 2006 și 2008.

Was impressed by the variety of things to see and by the useful information available in both Romanian and English. It was over too soon! Indeed, it is not very large, but enough to get absorbed by it. Didn't like the fact that I couldn't pay by card (even though there was a sign there saying that you can).

A beautiful place in Sibiu. Definitely a gem. A visit is totally recommended, especially if you have children. They will be fascinated by the animals. It's a small well hidden place in Sibiu but amazing. The building itself is amazing.

Great location and very child friendly. It has a lot of exhibitions and collections of different taxidermized animals. I particularly liked the birds and the ecosystem exhibitions. Definitely recommend to visit

It's a small but packed place. If you like looking at details like me, it will take a good hour or so to visit it.

I was expecting more exhibits, more information. Nonetheless it's enough if you have only 30 min-1 hour max available.

A great place for kids. It has reproductions of human settlements, from the stone age. The dinasour skeleton is the centerpiece, for sure. It's cool even for an adult. But, for your average adult, the most interesting thing is the center hall ceiling.

Very nice museum. Not that big but great for a city like Sibiu.

A very interesting and entertaining visit. Silviu, the guide, stayed with us the whole visit and answered all of our ignorant questions, in a professional, but also funny way. You can see mammoth fossils, found in Sibiu, and a lot of stuffed animals, reptiles, all kind of birds, bears and all the small mammals you can imagine. On the first floor you can see a collection of beautiful butterflies and other insects. Overall, a small, but complete museum.

(Translated by Google) A very interesting museum. Not very big, but chic. The exhibits are very interesting, and some of them also have information (not the other way around, but many are missing). A place that the little ones and not only with certainty will love (Original) Un muzeu foarte interesant. Nu foarte mare, dar cochet. Exponatele sunt foarte interesante, iar la unele dintre ele si informatiile (nu de alta, dar da multe lipsesc). Un loc pe care cei mici si nu numai cu sigurnta il vor insdragi

Very interesting and entertaining. A good selections of dioramas, each with a lot of attention to detail put into it.

(Translated by Google) Interesting!!! (Original) Interesant!!!

(Translated by Google) I would give more stars than I can ... but I still stay at grade 10 with many pluses. A wonderful, quiet place, hospitable hosts as you rarely meet. Perfectly maintained exhibits, in an almost real setting. Worth a visit ... you will be left with pleasant memories. For us, this museum is associated with the city of Sibiu ... a beautiful place. (Original) As da mai multe stele decat se poate ... dar oricum raman la nota 10 cu multe plusuri. Un loc minunat, linistit, gazde ospitaliere cum mai rar intalnesti. Exponate perfect intretinute, intr-un cadru aproape real. Merita sa vizitati ... veti ramane cu amintiri placute. Pentru noi acest muzeu se asociaza cu orasul Sibiu ... un loc superb.

(Translated by Google) Mini Antipa :) (Original) Mini Antipa :)

(Translated by Google) Beautifully arranged, detailed exhibits, variety. (Original) Frumos aranjat, exponatele detaliate, varietate.

(Translated by Google) It's very small, small, small. And it costs 13 lei. You see it all in 7 minutes. If you have the guard cart, you are not allowed to enter, I wanted to enter with the child and he did not allow me. (Original) E foarte mic, mic, mic. Și costa 13 lei. Îl vezi în 7 minute pe tot. Dacă ai căruț paznicul nu-ți da voie sa intri am vrut sa intru cu copilul și nu mi-a permis.

(Translated by Google) I was disappointed. I was expecting more. The Posada Film Museum is far above this museum. (Original) Am fost dezamagita. Mă așteptam la mai mult. Muzeul Cinegetic Posada este mult peste acest muzeu.

(Translated by Google) If you go to the Antipa Museum in Bucharest (1 Victoriei Street) you will see the same exhibitions and other exhibits, but much more developed exhibits. But for what it presents, it is a very beautiful museum. (Original) Dacă va duceți la Muzeul Antipa din București (Strada Victoriei,nr.1 ) veti vedea acelasi expoziții si alte exponate,dar mult mai dezvoltate exponatele. Dar pentru ceea ce prezintă,este un muzeu foarte frumos.

The cost is 13 lei for adults and 3 lei for kids. It's a really pretty museum and is worth your time. It only takes half an hour to visit the whole thing.

Real nice museum, good experience

Nice museum but translations could be improved, lighting as well. It was hard to read the information and see the pictures on the glass.

(Translated by Google) Pleasant. (Original) Plăcut.

I loved it! All the exhibits were so well maintained and displayed which made the whole experience so beautiful and interesting!

A Museum that does NOT stand to it's name, that is a natural history museum. It resembles a lot to the Antipa's arrangements from the homonymous museum in Bucharest. However, it is as most a zoology museum, most of the exponates ( very few compared to other similar museums, displayed in two MODEST rooms) are still living animals. A rather spicy price for what it offers. I've seen private collections with more samples.

One of my favorites in Sibiu❤️

This place is super cool. Very old-world feel, lots of creepy crawlies in jars and old taxidermied animals. It's small (really just one floor) but it's also very cheap. Worth popping in to take a look, especially for kids. If you have a kid who really likes animals they could have a blast looking at all the specimens, but even the less interested would still get a kick out of it.

A small but beautiful museum very close to city center.

Very cool little museum. Worth to check out. It's very interesting. Also cheep to visit and it's open on Sundays too. If you're around Sibiu and love science it's worth to have a look. It will be very short maybe in 1 hr you're done but also depends how passionate you are :P

It's like a small Antipa museum in the heart of the country. The staff is friendly...also the dioramas are great and the Jurassic Park theme garden it's pretty cool.

The building that houses the museum is beautiful, look up to the beautiful paintings on the ceiling. Overall the museum is small, just one store to visit.. Few pieces, some in chloroform. It was OK, nothing remarkable. However, the kids will definitely enjoy it.

Interesting, but small museum, half an hour being enough for visit. Too petty that since few years there are tracks of rain infiltration on the top floor and apparently nothing is done to be fixed, especially since the building is a historical one. Compared with similar museums from bigger towns, this one might disappoint, but I still think kids would appreciate it.

We got a guided and narrated tour with the museum's curator. Small museum with plenty of cool stuff to look at...

Small but super interesting to know the natural world around Transilvania! I recomend and the gift store are super affordable!!

It's pretty small but nicely set up, like a scaled down version of the Antipa museum from Bucharest. I definitely recommend you pay it a visit if you're in the neighborhood.

Nice experience for the kids.

A very small museum, more appropriate for children. Somewhat lacking descriptions.

Good small provincial museum, perfect for 2 hours with the children . Tip! Want extra information & insights on the local flora, fauna. geology ask at the shop. They have a larger than expected team of experts working away in the back.

Very nice. It's too bad that the tour is pretty short.

A small gem of a natural history museum. Great signage in multiple languages for the section that dealt with evolution. Displays were put together by experts telling much in a small space.

It is a really nice place to visit, especially if you are passionate about. We had the honor to connect with one of the employees and shared some more insights and lots of interesting details about the exhibits. Regardless, it is a really nice place full of history and in good shape exhibits, I recommend to allocate at least an hour for the whole tour.

Sorry, the museum is awesome for its size, but our experience was bitter,as the doorman/guardian told us to leave the premises with a whole half hour before the closing of the museum...So,we did see only a few ...Bitter,because it was planned long before to arrive in the city, my son was really excited about...So,only one star for our experience,thou the museum is really nice..

(Translated by Google) Lots of useful information about exhibits. (Original) Multe informații utile despre exponate.

(Translated by Google) An extraordinary location and exceptionally arranged, of a real interest for the history of life on earth. It offers a lot of information as well as real examples for most types of living things, but some of them will haunt you the next night :). (Original) O locatie extraordinara si amenajata exceptional, de un real interes pentru istoria vietii pe pamant. Ofera foarte multe informatii cat si exemple reale pentru majoriratea tipurilor de vietuitoare, insa cateva dintre acestea va vor bantuii in noaptea urmatoare :).

(Translated by Google) A very pleasant and interesting experience. (Original) O experienta foarte placuta si interesanta.

(Translated by Google) Little, not too much to see (Original) Mic,nu prea multe de vazut

(Translated by Google) As for knowing your neighbor ... 😊 (Original) Așa ca de cunoașterea aproapelui... 😊

(Translated by Google) It was a pleasant experience! I highly recommend! (Original) A fost o experiență plăcută! Recomand cu drag!

The museum is pretty small but it is beaitiful inside.

Nice place to go with children.

For kids. Very small but they have some. Impresive animals. The fee its like non existant

(Translated by Google) An educational museum for any age, which I recommend with confidence. As a comparison, it is a mini museum Antipa (Original) Un muzeu educativ pentru orice varsta, pe care il recomand cu incredere.Ca si comparatie, este un mini muzeu Antipa

Great place but it feels a bit lacking in exhibits

I really liked this museum, great for kids, many exponates in, well conserved. I hope will soon have an inside access to first floor for strollers or an elevator, it was difficult with a 7 year's old and a babby in stroller, but the museum guard helped me with the stroller, so 5 stars.

The museum is worth visiting. If you have an attraction for wild life this is the place from r you! It is small and the employes wore extremely polite.

Nothing interesting in my opinion, I like more technical stuff. Just bones, vials and a few rocks

Great museum. Very informational but small enough to hold a child s attention for the entirety.

Great animal dioramas and interesting dinasour park. I think everyone making the courage to go in will have a very educational 30-40 minutes or so. Worth the visit if you're walking through town.

It is a nice museum, very small. Contains a collection of stuffed animals, some of them very poorly, with no story behind them. There are few bones of mamuth and a skeleton of local bison. My kid (8 years old) found some animals he never saw in real size. There is a small collection of dinosaurs, not in real size, which was both interesting and disappointing for my kid. You pay 13 RON for an adult to get in the museum and yard, kis are free. Alternatively, you can pay 2 RON per person to visit the yard only. Photos allowed. The whole visit took us about half an hour.

Lovely place, for kidds too?

Very interesting place, with a lot of exibitions on display. Not to miss if you visit Sibiu.

(Translated by Google) A little small but interesting (Original) Un peu petit mais intéressant

Very well organized but I was expecting to be much more fossils.

(Translated by Google) Interesting exhibits, minerals, insects, you can take pictures, beautiful for both children and parents. (Original) Exponate interesante, minerale, insecte, poți face poze, frumos și pt copii si pt părinți.

(Translated by Google) I would have liked the labels for the exhibits to be legible. On the other hand, pluses checked: good circuit organization, given the pandemic, the variety of species presented in their area, indications on the species and areas where they come from. (Original) Mi-ar fi placut ca etichetele aferente exponatelor sa fie lizibile. Pe de alta parte, plusuri bifate: organizarea circuitelor buna, avand in vedere pandemia, varietatea speciilor prezentate in arealul lor, indicatiile privind speciile si zonele de unde provin.

(Translated by Google) Very nice (Original) Foarte frumos

(Translated by Google) It is not big. Some birds and mammals exposed in landscapes that should recreate their environment. (Original) Nu este mare. Cateva pasari si mamifere expuse in peisaje care ar trebui sa redea mediul lor.

(Translated by Google) You have something to learn, things you didn't know. (Original) Ai ce învăța, lucruri pe care nu le știai.

(Translated by Google) Beautiful. It's worth visiting. (Original) Frumos. Merita vizitat.

Super place

(Translated by Google) It's worth visiting (Original) Merita vizitat

(Translated by Google) Very interesting and educational (regardless of age) (Original) Foarte interesant și educativ(indiferent de vârstă)

(Translated by Google) We quickly do the tour but it's well done, nice to take a tour (Original) On fait rapidement le tour mais c'est bien fait, sympa d'y faire un tour

(Translated by Google) Interesting and educational (Original) Interesant si educativ

(Translated by Google) It is beautiful, I will guide others to visit it! (Original) Este frumos,voi indruma si pe altii sa il viziteze!

(Translated by Google) They have extremely valuable exhibits and the building is beautiful, positioned in the central area, near the Thalia hall. (Original) Au exponate extrem de valoroase iar cladirea este superba, pozitionata in zona centrala, langa sala Thalia.

(Translated by Google) Very nice! It's worth visiting. (Original) Foarte frumos! Merită vizitat.

(Translated by Google) Very nicely decorated, worth a visit! (Original) Foarte frumos amenajat, merita vizitat!

(Translated by Google) is a museum suitable for any age. you have something to learn from there. the ticket is cheap, you can also pay with the card. I recommend it! after, you can visit Cetății Street, which "is the most beautiful street"! (Original) este un muzeu potrivit pentru orice varsta. ai ce învăța de acolo. biletul e ieftin, se poate plati si cu cardul. il recomand! dupa, poti vizita strada Cetății, care "e cea mai frumoasă stradă"!

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