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Brașov’s main museums are all within a 15-minute walk of Piața Sfatului, and an adult ticket costs between 8 and 20 lei. Most are closed on Mondays, and some on Tuesdays too. If you’re planning to see three or more, look at the Brașov Visit Ticket: it covers 12 sites for 90 days and costs 57.76 lei for adults.
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The museums at a glance
| Museum | Address | Open | Closed | Adult ticket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History Museum (Casa Sfatului) | Piața Sfatului 30 | Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00 | Mon | 12 lei |
| Weavers’ Bastion | Str. George Coșbuc 9 | Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00 | Mon | 10 lei |
| Museum of Urban Civilization | Piața Sfatului 15 | Wed–Sun 09:00–17:00 (Oct–Apr), 10:00–18:00 (May–Sep) | Mon, Tue, public holidays | 20 lei |
| Casa Mureșenilor | Piața Sfatului 25 | Mon 11:00–17:00, Tue–Sat 09:00–17:00 | Sun | 8 lei |
| Ethnography Museum | Bd. Eroilor 21A | Wed–Sun 09:00–17:00 (Oct–Apr), 10:00–18:00 (May–Sep) | Mon, Tue, public holidays | 12 lei |
| Art Museum | Bd. Eroilor 21 | Tue–Sun 09:00–17:00 (Oct–Mar), 10:00–18:00 (Apr–Sep) | Mon, public holidays | 12 lei |
| First Romanian School | Piața Unirii 2–3 | Wed–Fri 10:00–17:00, Sat 11:00–17:00, Sun 12:00–17:00 | Mon, Tue | 20 lei |
Prices were checked on 17 October 2026. Sources and reduced prices are in each section below.
The seven museums in this guide
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Plan your days around the closures. Most museums are closed on Mondays, and the Ethnography Museum and the Museum of Urban Civilization are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. The First Romanian School also shuts on Mondays and Tuesdays, and if you’re visiting on your own you’ll need to book ahead. Casa Mureșenilor is the odd one out: it’s closed on Sundays. If you’re seeing several, the Brașov Visit Ticket covers 12 sites, the Black Church included, for 90 days.
Which ones to choose
- One hour, first visit: start with the History Museum in the Council House, right on the main square, to get the town’s story. Then walk over to the Weavers’ Bastion to see the model of the medieval city.
- How people lived: the Museum of Urban Civilization, a merchant house furnished floor by floor from the 17th to the 19th century. At 20 lei, it’s the most expensive of the county-run museums.
- Romanian history and language: the First Romanian School in Șchei. Remember to book ahead.
- Art: the Art Museum on Bulevardul Eroilor, with Romanian painting from Grigorescu to Tonitza. The Ethnography Museum is next door, so it’s easy to see both, from Wednesday to Sunday.
- Rainy day: any of the above will do, and our rainy-day guide to Brașov has more ideas. Most visitors see the Black Church anyway, and it has its own Black Church guide.
History Museum (Casa Sfatului)
Piața Sfatului 30 · Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00 (last tickets 17:30), closed Mondays · adults 12 lei, pensioners 5 lei, pre-school children, pupils and students 2 lei, free for visitors with a disability
Since 1950, the Brașov County History Museum has had its home in the old town hall in the middle of Piața Sfatului, with a permanent exhibition and temporary shows. The building is part of the visit. A council room above the furriers’ guild vault is recorded here in 1420. The tower went up in 1521–1528, and the roof you see today dates from 1909–1910. Allow 45 minutes to an hour. You’ll find the hours and prices on the museum’s contact page.
Weavers’ Bastion and the Brașov/3M exhibition
Strada George Coșbuc 9 · Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00, closed Mondays · adults 10 lei, pensioners 5 lei, pre-school children, pupils and students 2 lei
The linen weavers’ guild defended and looked after this bastion on the city walls below Tâmpa. It went up in two stages, in 1421–1436 and 1570–1573, and became a museum after it was restored in 1910. The History Museum runs it, and the hours are the same.
Its permanent exhibition, Brașovul/3M, is built around a scale model of medieval Brașov. Johann Hermann, a Saxon drawing teacher, made it in 1896, and it’s often described as the first museum display in the city’s history. The model shows the walled town with its gates and bastions, Catherine’s Gate included, and now comes with a multimedia installation. It’s the best way to understand the walls before you walk them. Our route past Brașov’s five landmark buildings starts ten minutes away.
Museum of Urban Civilization
Piața Sfatului 15 · Wed–Sun 09:00–17:00 (1 Oct–30 Apr), 10:00–18:00 (1 May–30 Sep), closed Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays · adults 20 lei, pensioners 10 lei, children, pupils and students 5 lei
This branch of the Brașov Ethnography Museum fills a merchant house on the main square. Archaeologists have traced the house back to the 13th–14th centuries, and it was rebuilt in 1566. It opened as a museum in 2009 and is arranged by century, from the bottom up. The 17th century is in the cellar, the 18th on the ground floor and the 19th on the first floor, with temporary exhibitions in the attic.
On the way up you pass a goods cellar, a shop, a spice room, a Saxon patrician salon, a child’s room and craft workshops for embroidery, hat-making and early photography. Prices and hours come from the museum’s page.
Casa Mureșenilor
Piața Sfatului 25 · Mon 11:00–17:00, Tue–Sat 09:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30), closed Sundays · adults 8 lei, pensioners 4 lei, pupils and students 2 lei
This is the Mureșianu family’s museum. It opened in 1968, after the family’s descendants donated the house and its contents. The house is one of the oldest Gothic buildings on the square, hidden behind a Renaissance-style façade. Inside you’ll see the family’s furniture, paintings and sculpture. The archive holds more than 25,000 documents, including letters from Romanian political and cultural figures, and the museum also puts on concerts and temporary exhibitions.
It’s the one museum on this list that’s open on Mondays and closed on Sundays, so save it for a Monday. Prices are from the museum’s website, and hours from its ticket page.
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Ethnography Museum
Bulevardul Eroilor 21A · Wed–Sun 09:00–17:00 (1 Oct–30 Apr), 10:00–18:00 (1 May–30 Sep), closed Mondays, Tuesdays and public holidays · adults 12 lei, pensioners 6 lei, children, pupils and students 3 lei
The county’s ethnography museum covers village life in south-eastern Transylvania: the Bran area, Rupea, Țara Oltului, the Hârtibaciu valley and Țara Bârsei around Brașov. Its central permanent exhibition is about weaving, the craft common to all these areas, and how woven textiles were used in the home and in folk costume, with the tools that made them.
You’ll find it about seven minutes’ walk north of Piața Sfatului, next door to the Art Museum. Prices and hours come from the museum’s page.
Art Museum
Bulevardul Eroilor 21 · Tue–Sun 09:00–17:00 from 1 October to 31 March (last entry 16:30), 10:00–18:00 in summer (last entry 17:30), closed Mondays and public holidays · adults 12 lei, pensioners 6 lei, pre-school children, pupils and students 3 lei, free under 5
The permanent Romanian Art Gallery brings together painting and sculpture from the Romanian lands: 18th- and 19th-century Transylvanian painting, then modern Romanian art up to the post-war period, with works by Nicolae Grigorescu, Ștefan Luchian and Nicolae Tonitza and by artists who worked in Brașov.
If you only want to see the temporary exhibitions, a ticket costs 8 lei. Taking photos for your own use is free. Groups of up to 30 can book a one-hour guided tour: it costs 60 lei in Romanian, or 120 lei in English or German, and you need to book at least two days ahead. All these details are on the museum’s visitor page.
First Romanian School
Piața Unirii 2–3, Șchei · Wed–Fri 10:00–17:00, Sat 11:00–17:00, Sun 12:00–17:00, closed Mondays and Tuesdays; on church holidays it opens after the service · full ticket 20 lei, pupils and students 10 lei (22 and 11 lei online, including the payment fee) · individual visitors must book ahead
The museum stands in the courtyard of St Nicholas Church in Șchei, the old Romanian quarter beyond Catherine’s Gate. It’s about 15 minutes’ walk from Piața Sfatului. The museum calls St Nicholas Church and its school the crucible of Romanian identity in Brașov. Its collection includes some of the earliest books printed in Romanian, the first Romanian grammars, a collection of old Romanian Bibles and the school’s historical archive. Guided tours are available.
Booking: to visit, you need a ticket plus either a group of at least 10 people or an appointment for an individual visit. You book by phone, and the numbers are on the museum’s ticket page, which is also where the hours come from. Prices are from the museum’s website. A ticket bought on the ticket page costs 22 lei, because the payment fee is included. At 20 lei, it shares the top price on this list with the Museum of Urban Civilization.
Combined ticket: the Brașov Visit Ticket
The museums run by Brașov County, together with the First Romanian School and the Black Church, share a joint ticket, which you buy online.
- Price: adults 57.76 lei, pensioners and students 42.01 lei, pupils 21.01 lei (online prices, including the payment fee)
- Valid: 90 days from purchase, one visit to each site
- Sites (12): Black Church, First Romanian School, Art Museum, Ethnography Museum, Museum of Urban Civilization, History Museum, Weavers’ Bastion, Olimpia museum of sport and mountain tourism, Casa Mureșenilor, the Ștefan Baciu memorial house in Brașov, and the ethnographic museums in Săcele and Rupea. The Săcele museum is temporarily closed for renovation.
- Is it worth it? Yes, if you’re visiting three or more of the bigger ones. The Black Church (30 lei), the Museum of Urban Civilization (20 lei) and the History Museum (12 lei) already add up to 62 lei on their own. For one or two museums, stick to single tickets.
Prices and the list of sites come from the Brașov Visit Ticket page on booktes.com and the Black Church ticket page.
Tips
- Mondays: only Casa Mureșenilor and the Black Church (from 12:00) are open. The Black Church closes for cleaning on Mondays 2, 9 and 16 November 2026. Tuesdays: the History Museum, the Weavers’ Bastion and the Art Museum join them. From Wednesday to Saturday, everything’s open.
- Sundays: Casa Mureșenilor is closed, and the First Romanian School doesn’t open until 12:00.
- Check the season: the Ethnography and Urban Civilization museums switch to winter hours (09:00–17:00) on 1 October. The Art Museum changes on 1 October too, and the Black Church on 16 October.
- Pair them up by location: the History Museum, Urban Civilization and Casa Mureșenilor are all on Piața Sfatului. The Art and Ethnography museums are side by side on Bulevardul Eroilor. The Weavers’ Bastion is on the way to the promenade under Tâmpa.
For everything else in the city, start with our guide to things to do in Brașov.
FAQ
Are Brașov’s museums open on Mondays?
Mostly not. Of the places in this guide, only Casa Mureșenilor (11:00 to 17:00) and the Black Church (from 12:00) are open on Mondays. The Black Church is closed on 2, 9 and 16 November 2026, though.
Is there a museum pass in Brașov?
Yes, it’s called the Brașov Visit Ticket. It costs 57.76 lei for adults and gets you one visit to each of 12 sites, including the Black Church and the main museums, within 90 days.
How much do museums cost in Brașov?
An adult ticket costs between 8 lei at Casa Mureșenilor and 20 lei at the Museum of Urban Civilization and the First Romanian School (prices from October 2026). Pensioners, students and children pay less. The Black Church costs 30 lei.
Do I need to book the First Romanian School?
Yes, if you’re not in a group of 10 or more. The museum asks individual visitors to book in advance.
Which museum is best for a rainy afternoon?
Try the Museum of Urban Civilization on Piața Sfatului. It has four floors of period rooms and is open Wednesday to Sunday.
Sources
- History Museum and Weavers’ Bastion hours and prices: brasovistorie.ro, Contact, checked 10 October 2026
- Weavers’ Bastion history: brasovistorie.ro, Bastionul Țesătorilor; the Brașovul/3M exhibition: Zile și Nopți listing
- Museum of Urban Civilization: etnobrasov.ro/mcu, checked 10 October 2026
- Ethnography Museum: etnobrasov.ro/muzeul-brasov, checked 10 October 2026
- Art Museum: muzeulartabv.ro, visiting, checked 10 October 2026
- Casa Mureșenilor: muzeulmuresenilor.ro (prices) and ticket page (hours), checked 10 October 2026
- First Romanian School: ticket page on booktes.com, checked 10 October 2026
- Brașov Visit Ticket: booktes.com, checked 10 October 2026
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What changed
- Corrected the First Romanian School price to the museum's own 20 lei (22 lei online, including the payment fee).
- Added that the Black Church is closed on Mondays 2, 9 and 16 November 2026.
- Rewritten with addresses, opening hours, closing days and 2026 prices for seven museums and the Brașov Visit Ticket.
