The Archaeology & National History Museum

ARCHAEOLOGY AND

NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The Archaeology and National History Museum in Constanţa, was opened for the public on the 25th of December 1977, to celebrate the anniversary of the Centenary of Romania's Independence.

The museum is held in a building which is telling for the Romanian school of architecture. The National History and Archaeology Museum is not only a regional museum which illustrates the historical evolution of the province situated between the Danube and the Black Sea, but also a national one, which epitomizes the history of the Romanian people.

The Archaeology Museum has a rich collection of Roman statues. Two of them are of special value, namely those which feature Fortuna and Pontos, the patron protectors of ancient Tomis, and the one of the Glycon Serpent. Most of the museum's exhibits were discovered in 1962 beneath the old railway station, after they had survived to the test of time, starting with the Avars'invasion (7th century A.D.). One should not miss to see the Roman mosaic, in the vicinity of the museum, and visit a hall dedicated to Ovid, a Roman poet exiled to Tomis between 8 - 17 A.D. By the end of the 19th century, King Carol I gave the town a new life, as a port on the Black Sea Coast and as a resort holiday.

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