Drăgășani Wine Museum

The Drăgășani Wine Museum (Romanian: Muzeul Viei și Vinului) is a museum located at 22 Gib Mihăescu Street, Drăgășani, Romania.

Drăgășani Wine Museum

The building housing the museum was completed before 1920 by Dumitru C. Popescu, a prosperous local merchant. It features the Neo-Brâncovenesc style. Early on, it was used for stores. After the onset of the communist regime, the local Militia was headquartered there. Converted into a museum in 1974, it opened to the public in 1983.[1][2]

The museum traces its origins to the period after World War I, when a small display existed in a school. In 1952, two residents began putting together a collection. The current display focuses on the regional wine industry, and is divided into three sections: wine production, art, and archaeology.[1]

The museum is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.[3]

Notes
  1. (in Romanian) Descriptionat the museum site Archived 2021-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Stuparu, Monica (April 3, 2019). "Muzeul Viei și Vinului, carte de istorie în inima Drăgășaniului". Gazeta de Sud (in Romanian). Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  3. (in Romanian) Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Vâlcea Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine

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