The museum was established in 1915 as an ethnography and antiquities museum. In 1928 it turned into the Regional Museum of Oltenia. The building is a historic and architectonic monument (1906). The museum has departments of history and archaeology, ethnography and natural sciences. The exhibits include a history collection: mediaeval weapons, flags, period costumes, mediaeval art; archaeology artefacts: pottery, weapons, tools, Bronze Age deposit found at Ghidici, Roman and mediaeval lapidarium etc.; coins, medals and seals; ethnography and natural sciences items; rare books, facsimiles, a library (12,000 books). The museum owns goods listed in the National Cultural Heritage Treasure.
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Name | County | Locality | Commune | Address | Department | Map |
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| 2140 | ”Amza Pellea” Memorial House | Dolj | Băileşti | Strada General Eremia Grigorescu nr. 58 | Memoriale | Map it | |
| 287 | Museum of Oltenia. "Bănia House" Ethnographic Department | Dolj | Craiova | Strada Matei Basarab nr. 14 | Etnografie | Map it | |
| 756 | Museum of Oltenia. History and Archaeology Department | Dolj | Craiova | Strada Madona Dudu nr. 14 | Arheologie | Map it | |
| 292 | Museum of Oltenia. Natural Sciences Department | Dolj | Craiova | Strada Popa Şapcă nr. 8 | Ştiinţele naturii | Map it |
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