The Museum of Visual Arts
Galați, Romania

                The Museum of Visual Arts of Galați is the first museum of Romanian contemporary art from our country (and the only one until 2002, when a second one was established in Bucharest), which was conceived to show the newest trends in plastic arts. Inaugurated in 1967, the museum holds in its patrimony Romanian works of art from the second half of the 19th century and the 20th century made by artists such as Teodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Petrașcu, Nicolae Tonitza. It also contains creations of the Romanian avantgarde representatives among Victor Brauner, M.H. Maxy, Mattis-Teutsch, Marcel Iancu, Irina Codreanu sau Milița Petrașcu, as well as works from artists that make a bridge between the first and second half of the 20th century: Corneliu Baba, Alexandru Ciucurencu, Ion Țuculescu, Henri H. Catargi, Rudolf Schweitzer – Cumpăna, Camil Ressu.

                The museum has a dynamic structure by organizing exhibitions, micro-exhibitions, various events with the audience (concerts, debates, art exhibitions, art history lessons, film screenings, etc.), symposiums, creative camps and other programs which promote the most significant orientations in Romanian contemporary art in the country and abroad.

                In a previous visit to the museum, we have talked to the painter and the museographer Gheorghe Miron about the exhibited works: paintings, sculptures, tapestry, other works of art.

At school, we have created the questionnaire for the ”treasure hunt”

                The visit of 9th B class at The Museum of Visual Arts took place in January, 2019. The 30 students amired the works of art and answerd to 15 written questions. Then the teacher Mariana Constantin took the papers and evaluated the answers and discussed with them the correct ones.

                 Follow-up activity: the students had to paint the same landscape from the painting ”Hill” by Horia Bernea, reprezenting the four seasons of the year.