Ploiești
What to see in Ploiești
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
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1Clock museumMuzeul Ceasului „Nicolae Simache”
Romania's only museum devoted to timekeeping, with clocks and watches from the 16th to the 20th century, in an 1890 house.
It is unique in the country and holds 4.7 on Google from about 2,200 reviews.
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218th-century house museumCasa Hagi Prodan (Casă de târgoveț)
A Ploiești merchant's house from 1785, with interiors recreated from the 18th and 19th centuries, showing strong Ottoman influence.
It is one of the few merchants' houses of its type preserved in Romania and holds 4.7 on Google from about 320 reviews.
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3Art museumMuzeul Județean de Artă „Ion Ionescu-Quintus”
The county art museum, with Romanian painting and sculpture of the 19th and 20th centuries, in a palace built between 1885 and 1894.
It shows works by Grigorescu, Luchian and Pallady in a listed palace and holds 4.6 on Google from about 380 reviews.
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4Listed palace with aquarium and museumPalatul Culturii (Acvariul și Muzeul Omului)
The former Palace of Justice, inaugurated in 1933, which today houses the aquarium, the Museum of Man and the county library.
It is a listed neoclassical palace, and the natural history museum inside holds 4.5 on Google from about 590 reviews.
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5Petroleum museumMuzeul Național al Petrolului
The museum of the Romanian oil industry, opened in 1961 in a late-19th-century house, with drilling equipment, models and documents.
It tells the story of oil, the industry the town grew from, and holds 4.4 on Google from about 310 reviews.
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