The
National Museum of Romanian Literature in 2021 has been the recipient of the
European Prize. As part of the on-line awarding ceremony for the European
Museum Academy Awards, the DASA Award went to two of the most relevant and
significant projects the Museum has carried in the last seven years: the main
exhibition in the Nicolae Cretulescu Street and the Anton Pann Memorial House exhibition.
We recall Anton Pann was a Romanian poet of the early 19th century.
Pann was also a composer of religious music, a folklore collector, a man of letters
and a regular contributor to various publications of his time. Here is the judging
panel s motivation for the award: The permanent exhibition is impressive thanks
to its low-key yet minutely organized layout, rounding off the historical
building which is home to the exhibition. In its educational programs, the National
Museum of Romanian Literature has been audacious and utterly uncompromising,
acting as a vehicle for today s