The museum was founded by the Decision of the Iaşi Municipal Council no. 191 of 30.05.2018 as a museum of local importance with legal personality, having its headquarters in a boyar house-historical monument, Casa Burchi-Zmeu (1832-1834). The museum has two subordinate sections: the Art Galleries of the Municipality “Dan Hatmanu”, from the passage of Sfânta Vineri and the Art Galleries “Dumitru I. Grumăzescu” from Lăpuşneanu Street no. 24, Iaşi. The exhibition area is 636 sqm, in 16 rooms arranged in the basement, ground floor and first floor of the building. The ground floor is dedicated to the origins of Iaşi, its founders, adminis...trative organization and urban evolution in the modern era: gardens and parks, streets, Iaşi in period maps and plans, boyar houses and religious buildings, the evolution of trade, ethnic and religious communities. The first floor is dedicated to Iasi personalities, cultural life from the perspective of theater, music, literary salons, cultural societies and publications, everyday life, illustrated by furniture, engravings, prints, documents. A special place is reserved for the place of Iaşi as the War Capital of Romania in the First World War (1916-1919). The activities of the local administration, the parliament, the foreign diplomatic missions, the army, the government and the royal family are presented. The activity of Queen Maria has a special place in the theme of this museum. Along with King Ferdinand, Queen Maria played an essential role in achieving the golden dream of the Romanians, strongly believing in the fulfillment of the ideal of national unity. The basement is dedicated to the unwritten history of the city: the history of water supply, medieval paving slabs.
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