Exhibitions

In the NTB Rotonda, two exhibitions that recover a painful but essential memory: “The Armenian Woman - Victim and Heroine of the Genocide” & “Strunga - the new home of Armenian orphans”. The opening of the exhibitions will take place in the Rotonda Hall, "I.L. Caragiale" National Theatre Bucharest, Thursday, April 10, 2025, starting 7:00 p.m. We invite you to an event dedicated to memory and resistance, where the past takes voice through stories and images that reconstruct fragments of the tragic but full of strength and courage history of the Armenian people. Armenian Woman - Victim and Heroine of the GenocideAn exhibition about the courage and suffering of Armenian women during the Armenian Genocide. Through photographs, stories and testimonies, we discover the faces and destinies of women who fought for survival: Gulizar, Araksi Djebedjian, Parandzem Palian, Zepyur Metspahkian, Varter Nazarian-Deranian, Elmas Sarajian-Boyajian, Aurora Mardiganian, Srbuhi Grigoryan, Zabel Yesayan, Zaruhi Pahri and many others. Strunga – the new home of Armenian orphansAn incursion into the story of the Strunga Orphanage, opened in 1923 with the support of King Ferdinand I, where 200 orphaned children, victims of the Genocide, found shelter and a new chance. Through documents, photographs and testimonies, the exhibition brings the destiny of these children and the legacy they left us back to the fore. Two exhibitions recovering a painful but essential memory. An invitation to reflect on history, resistance, identity and humanity. Event organized by the Armenian Union of Romania through the Armenian Cultural Centre in Bucharest Partners: Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Romania, “I.L. Caragiale” National Theater Bucharest, Armenian Genocide Institute Museum, Archdiocese of the Armenian Church in Romania Design: Atelierul de grafică / GraphicFont.ro; Print: Ararat Publishing House The exhibition will run from April 10 - May 9, 2025 Free admission, daily from 14.00 - 18.30, except public holidays.   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu 

On December 1, 2024, at 16:00, the National Theatre Museum will open a new exhibition in the Foyer of the "Ion Caramitru" Hall dedicated to Édouard de Max (1869 - 1924), an internationally renowned Romanian actor and member of the prestigious Comédie-Française. The exhibition focuses on the life and career of Édouard de Max, recognized for his innovative approaches and unconventional style, who made a remarkable contribution to the Parisian theatre scene during the Belle Époque. The exhibition will give visitors the chance to discover one of the costumes worn by the actor during his official tour in Bucharest in 1904, when he played Hamlet, as well as vintage photos. Following the opening, the public is invited to participate in a guided tour of the exhibition "Regina Maria at the Theatre", organized within the project "Innovative exhibition with restored cultural assets from the TNB Museum collection", funded by the EEA Grants 2014-2021, RO-CULTURA Program (www.muzeultnb.ro). The exhibition presents stage costumes and objects belonging to great Romanian actors, recently restored and exhibited in the new space dedicated to the museum, inaugurated on March 27, 2023, on the occasion of the World Theater Day. The main attraction is the train dress that once belonged to Queen Maria of Romania, and the exhibition is complemented by interactive, visual and auditory elements. Access is free. Location: "Ion Caramitru" Hall Foyer TNB Time interval: 16:00 - 20:00   Translated by Andreea Codrea-Boeriu