It is one of the few merchants' houses of its type preserved in Romania and holds 4.7 on Google from about 320 reviews.
About the place
The house belonged to the merchant Hagi Prodan and is dated 1785; the architect Grigore Ionescu considered it a very rare example of urban civil architecture. It has four rooms on either side of a hall that ends in a polygonal bay window, and on the south side a veranda used as a summer bedroom. The first history museum of Prahova was founded here in 1919, and the house has been a museum again since 1953.
Inside are sofas with floral cushions, mother-of-pearl tables, hookahs, kilims and 19th-century weapons. The dining room has an octagonal carved wooden ceiling, and the kitchen keeps coffee pots, baklava trays and grinders. The present exhibition opened in 2005. It holds 4.7 on Google from about 320 reviews.
Good to know
- It is closed on Mondays and on the holidays in the museum's list; last entry is at 4.30 pm.
- The County History and Archaeology Museum, at Toma Caragiu Street 10, is about 200 metres away and keeps the same hours.
- The National Petroleum Museum is about 170 metres away and the Clock Museum about 230 metres.
Opening hours
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 9–17 |
| Wednesday | 9–17 |
| Thursday | 9–17 |
| Friday | 9–17 |
| Saturday | 9–17 |
| Sunday | 9–17 |
Hours may change on public holidays. Check before you go.