Our educational programs for the 2024-2025 school year are specially designed to develop the imagination, artistic skills, critical thinking and collaboration skills of the participants. Our offer allows the young public to observe and discuss artworks of the rich national and international heritage of MNAR thus gaining important insights into the field of art history.

The programs include guided tours. We recommend guided tours starting with secondary school level.

Please register for guided tours at least one week in advance by writing to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., specifying the desired day and time. The price per group is 150 lei in Romanian or 250 lei in English to which the entrance fee is added: 6 lei/child.

Educational programs for schools take place starting with 10:00 a.m., Wednesday to Friday, at the National Museum of Art of Romania no. 49-53, Calea Victoriei, K.H. Zambaccian Museum, 21A, Muzeul Zambaccian Street and Theodor Pallady Museum, 22, Spătarului Street, and on Monday and Tuesday at the Museum of Art Collections no. 111, Calea Victoriei.

Appointments for workshops are made at least one week in advance at the email addresses indicated under each workshop description, specifying the name of the school, the number of students, the desired day and time. Materials for each workshop are provided by the museum. Programs duration: between 60 and 120 minutes. Price: between 15-40 lei/participant (workshop rates include access to the museum)

 

Workshops for Pre-school Children

1. Colored Riddles. Green as the Fir Tree. NEW!

We explore the meaning of colors in art and popular culture - green, red, yellow, white, black. We participate in an adventure in the vibrant world of colors. We explore how colors are hidden in riddles, how they reveal wisdom through proverbs and how they come to life in the paintings of Romanian artists. We unravel the mysteries of colors, starting with green - the color of nature. We discover how colors express feelings and thoughts. In the last part of the activity, we will make a graphic creation in the color that makes us happy.

Program led by AtelierD Association
Place: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The workshop is organized on Wednesdays or Thursdays by request at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Drawing, Painting, Knowledge of nature, Romanian language and literature

2. Secrets of the Garden – flowers, trees, insects and fairies NEW!

This is an interactive program about nature, art and literature, with explorations of the garden and the heritage of Theodor Pallady Museum, followed by creative activities in the studio. We learn about the importance and the role of trees, flowers and birds in nature, art and literature, mythology and fantastical characters the live in the garden – the gnomes and the fairies. We draw and color mandalas with flowers and butterflies.

Program led by AtelierD Association
Place: Theodor Pallady Museum, No 22 Spătarului Street
Duration: 60 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 35 lei/child
The workshop is organized on Wednesdays or Thursdays by request at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Areas of exploration: Drawing, Painting, Knowledge of nature, Romanian language and literature

3. Art and Emotions. NEW!

What are emotions? How does art make us feel? Can colors influence our mood? We start the journey in the European Art Gallery and explore the connections between art and emotions with the help of colors, expressions and characters in art works. At the end children will have the opportunity to create their own work in the studio, inspired by the works of the great masters, using colors that bring them joy.

Program led by the members of Education, Communication and Cultural Programs Department of MNAR
Place: The European Art Gallery, for ages 3 to 6
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 20
Costs: 15 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Areas of exploration: Emotional development, Development of attention and visual intelligence, Sensory education, Painting

 

Workshops for Primary School Children

1. Secrets of the Garden – flowers, trees, insects and fairies NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

This is an interactive program about nature, art and literature, with explorations in the garden and the patrimony of Theodor Pallady Museum, followed by creative activities in the studio. We learn about the importance and the role of trees, flowers and birds in nature, art and literature, mythology and fantastical characters the live in the garden – the gnomes and the fairies. We draw and color mandalas with flowers and butterflies.

Program led by AtelierD Association
Place: Theodor Pallady Museum, No 22 Spătarului Street
Duration: 60 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 35 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Drawing, Painting, Knowledge of nature, Romanian language and literature

2. Treasure Hunt – The Garden of Eden

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

The workshop involves a treasure hunt in the European Art Gallery, to discover and be inspired by famous paintings in which we find painted animals and plants. This will be our search goal in order to create an artwork on the topic of the Garden of Eden. During the workshop we will discover stories from the Genesis and symbols of flora and fauna in artworks such as The Annunciation by Tintoretto, Bouquet of flowers by Bruegel or Flowers in a grotto by Abraham Mignon.

Mixed media: colored crayons and pastels.
Program led by Ioana Ciuștea (Șnur SRL.)
Place: The European Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of Exploration: Visual Arts, Fauna and Flora, Bible Stories, Perspective

3. Abstract or figurative? Composition and representation exercises. NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

Together we will go through the exhibition and discover the works of Modern Romanian artists on the border between figurative and abstract. What is an abstract painting and what is a figurative painting? What can be the border between them? We will observe how artists of different generations have solved representational problems of the 20th and 21st centuries. In the studio we will find objects worthy of painting and then transform them into abstract painting.

Technique: Tempera and Watercolor painting
Program led by the Education, Communications and Cultural Programs Department
Place: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 15 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Visual arts, Romanian avant-garde

4. Pointillism in Art. NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

Starting from the works of the Romanian pointillist artist Arthur Segal shown in the Romanian Modern Art Gallery, we discover Pointillism as an artistic movement and the divisionist technique used by artists. This involves the decomposition of colors and light into a multitude of brushstrokes of pure color, which creates the impression of a mosaic. In the first part of the workshop, we make a sketch in pencil, where we mention the desired colors, and in the second part we place color in the vein of the artistic trend we have just studied.

Technique: Drawing and Tempera painting

Program led by Ioana Ciuștea (Șnur SRL.)
Place: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: History of art, Forms of expression in Modern Art

5. Acanthus leaf – ornament and symbol. NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

Acanthus is a vegetal ornament used since antiquity in architecture and art, often seen in The Romanian Medieval Art Gallery of NMAR either in goldsmith engraving, wall paintings, clothing, the decoration of church embroidery and sculptures, but also in the graphic enrichment of the first books. In the first part of the workshop we learn about the symbolism of the acanthus leaf properties and stylistic varieties, and in the second part we create an artwork on this subject, learning and acquiring notions of graphic art.

Technique: Drawing in crayon and charcoal
Program led by Ioana Ciuștea (Șnur SRL.)
Place: The Romanian Medieval Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Knowledge of nature, Graphic art, Decorative art

6. Picturesque Romania - In the footsteps of Nicolae Grigorescu NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

We discover the landscapes painted by Nicolae Grigorescu, the personality who had a strong influence on the Romanian painters of the first part of the 20th century. We find on the map the places that he visited and loved and identify the elements of nature that inspired him.

Program led by AtelierD Association
Place: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery or The Museum of Art Collections (111, Calea Victoriei)
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Areas of exploration: Drawing, Painting, Knowledge of nature

 

Workshops for Secondary School Children

1. How we decipher perspective

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week”

In this program we will discover the architectural elements in the paintings of the European Art Gallery. We will discuss perspective and rhythm in architecture by looking in parallel at the paintings and the spaces in which they are exhibited. At the end of the visit, all theoretical notions about architecture will come together in a practical activity.

Program led by De-a Arhitectura Association
Place: The European Art Gallery
Duration: 120 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Thursdays (time interval 13.00 - 15.00) by registering minimum of 2 weeks in advance at https://portal.de-a-arhitectura.ro/main/events/1635/details
Areas of exploration: Architecture, Mathematics, Visual Arts, Knowledge of the built environment

2. Secrets of the Garden – flowers, trees, insects and fairies NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

This is an interactive program about nature, art and literature, with explorations in the garden and the objects in Theodor Pallady Museum, followed by creative activities in the studio. We learn about the importance and the role of trees, flowers and birds in nature, art and literature, mythology and fantastical characters the live in the garden – the gnomes and the fairies. We are composing a creative writing piece entitled The Enchanted Garden.

Program led by AtelierD Association
Place: Theodor Pallady Museum, No 22 Spătarului Street
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Drawing, Painting, Knowledge of nature, Romanian language and literature

3. Pointillism in Art. NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

Starting from the works of the Romanian pointillist artist Arthur Segal, located in the Romanian Modern Art Gallery, we discover Pointillism as an artistic movement and the divisionist technique used by artists. This involves the decomposition of colors and light, into a multitude of brushstrokes of pure color, which creates the impression of a mosaic. In the first part of the workshop, we make a sketch in pencil, where we mention the desired colors, and in the second part we place color in the vein of the artistic trend we have just studied.

Technique: Drawing and Tempera painting
Program led by Ioana Ciuștea (ȘNUR SRL.)
Place: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: History of art, Forms of expression in Modern Art

4. Acanthus leaf – ornament and symbol. NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

Acanthus is a vegetal ornament used since antiquity is architecture and arts, often used in The Romanian Medieval Art Gallery of NMAR either in goldsmith engraving, wall paintings, clothing, the decoration of church embroidery and sculptures, but also in the graphic enrichment of the first books. In the first part of the workshop we learn about the symbolism of the acanthus leaf properties and stylistic varieties, and in the second part we create an artwork on this subject, learning and acquiring notions of graphic art.

Technique: Drawing in crayon and charcoal
Program led by Ioana Ciuștea (ȘNUR SRL.)
Place: The Romanian Medieval Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 40 lei/child
The programs are organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Knowledge of nature, Graphic art, Decorative art

5. Abstract or figurative? Composition and representation exercises. NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

Together we will go through the exhibition and discover the works of Modern Romanian artists on the border between figurative and abstract. What is an abstract painting and what is a figurative painting? What can be the border between them? We will observe how artists of different generations have solved representational problems of the 20th and 21st centuries. In the studio we will find objects worthy of painting and then transform them into abstract painting.

Technique: Tempera and watercolor painting
Program led by the Education, Communications and Cultural Programs Department
Place: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 15 lei/child
The workshop is organized on request on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Visual arts, Romanian art history

6. Historical Legends – Characters, Places, Things. NEW!

Suitable for the educational activities of the program ”Different School Week”

Through this program we invite you on a magical historical journey, in the universe of medieval art, knights and golden books. We will discover illuminated manuscripts and legends of treasures and bloody battles. We will learn how Neagoe Basarab, Mircea cel Bătrân, Constantin Brâncoveanu and their families were living. Will create drawings inspired my medieval art works.

Program led by AtelierD Association
Place: The Romanian Medieval Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 15 lei/child
The programs are organized on request on Wednesdays or Thursdays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Drawing, History, Romanian language and literature

 

Active Visits for High School Students

1. People who bring the future – Avant-garde artists in the Modern Romanian Art Gallery

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs: ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

How did avant-garde artists imagine the future of humanity? Have you heard of Cubism, Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism? Why did these currents exist in international and Romanian art? How do these relate to 20th century history? Why do we use the term avant-garde? Can we create our own avant-garde movement? Based on the works in the room of the Romanian Avant-garde, we think together about the way of life of the artists between the two world wars, and we imagine, through exercises and discussions, how we can influence the future.

Program led by the Education, Communications and Cultural Programs Department
Place: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 15 lei/student
The visit is organized on request on Wednesdays or Thursdays by registering at least one week before at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: History of modern art, Recent history, Art colonies, Automatic writing, Ecology

2. War and Peace – Representations of War, Violence and Peace in The Modern Romanian Art Gallery

Suitable for the educational activities of the programs:  ”Different School Week” and the ”Green Week”

What kind of culture do we live in? How do we relate to war and violence? How have artists throughout history viewed these important themes? What is a war front artist? What are representations of peace? The active visit aims to observe and discuss the representation of war, but also of peace in art, based on the Modern Romanian Art Collection, during several historical periods, several artists and several ideological discourses.

Program led by the Education, Communications and Cultural Programs Department
Place: The Modern Romanian Art Gallery
Duration: 90 minutes
Number of participants: min 7 – max 30
Costs: 15 lei/student
The visit is organized on request on Wednesdays or Thursdays by registering at least one week in advance at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Areas of exploration: Art History, Society, Military History, Gender Studies