# Mihai Eminescu Museum

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> A modernist museum in the heart of Copou Park, opened in 1989, with old editions, photocopies of the poet's manuscripts, photographs and a collection of fine art.

**At a glance:** Museums and memorial houses in Iași, Iași County. Opening hours: Monday closed, Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 – 17:00. Ticket: 11 lei. The visit takes 45 min. Information verified on 7 November 2026.

## Key facts

- **Opening hours:** Monday closed, Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 – 17:00 — Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–17:00, last ticket at 16:30; closed on Monday. Entry is free on one weekday in the first week of the month, announced on the website of the National Museum of Romanian Literature in Iași.
- **Ticket:** 11 lei — students 2 lei, pensioners 6 lei
- **Visit duration:** 45 min — exhibition in a single building
- **With kids:** Yes — the park around it, with paths
- **Parking:** Yes, paid — on the streets around the park
- **Best season:** All year round — autumn, in the colourful park
- **Address:** Parcul Copou, Iași, Iași County
- **Coordinates:** 47.17914, 27.56689
- **Phone:** +40 747 499 405
- **Website:** https://www.muzeulliteraturiiiasi.ro/muzeul-mihai-eminescu/
- **Wikipedia:** https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzeul_%E2%80%9EMihai_Eminescu%E2%80%9D
- **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18544236
- **Categories:** [Museums and memorial houses](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/museums-and-memorial-houses)

## About Mihai Eminescu Museum

The Mihai Eminescu Museum opened in 1989, the year marking one hundred years since the poet's death. The building, put up in just a few months by Iași City Hall to a design by the architect Virgiliu Onofrei, stands in the middle of Copou Park, on the hill where Eminescu walked during his years in Iași. The poet never had a house of his own: he lived at Vasile Pogor's, at Trei Ierarhi and for a while in Ion Creangă's bojdeucă, and the museum was conceived as a “home” the city owed him. It belongs to the National Museum of Romanian Literature in Iași, like the bojdeucă.

The collection grew over time around photographs, first editions and the old books of the “Dumitru Grumăzescu” donation, to which a fine art gallery was added. The poet's manuscripts are not here: the originals have been at the Romanian Academy since 1902, and the museum shows photocopies of them.

### What you can see

The building is white and modernist, with a tower with a pyramidal roof facing the park and a concrete spiral staircase in the inner courtyard. In the central hall the floor is a mosaic of the signs of the zodiac, and a statue stands among the display cases of books and documents. Framed engravings and drawings hang on the walls, and the exhibition includes photographs, photocopies of manuscripts, first editions, medals and the first books about Eminescu's work.

The fine art collection includes graphics, paintings and sculpture by Richard Hette, Octav Băncilă, Sabin Bălașa, Dan Hatmanu, Liviu Suhar, Dan Covătaru and Constantin Tofan. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions devoted to the poet.

### Good to know

The museum is in the middle of the park, about 100 m from Eminescu's Linden Tree, and you reach it along the park's paths.

## Don't miss

- The central hall, with its zodiac mosaic floor and the statue among the display cases.
- Photocopies of the poet's manuscripts, whose originals have been at the Romanian Academy since 1902.
- The first editions and old books of the “Dumitru Grumăzescu” donation.
- The fine art collection, with works by Octav Băncilă, Sabin Bălașa and Dan Hatmanu.

## Good to know before you go

### Getting there

**By car:** the museum is in the middle of Copou Park, ~2 km from Union Square (~4 minutes by car). Leave the car on the streets around the park and walk the last stretch along the park's paths.

**On foot:** from Union Square it is ~2 km (~25 minutes), and from Iași railway station ~2.3 km (~30 minutes), mostly along Carol I Boulevard and then the park's paths.

### Where to park

The museum is in the park and has no car park of its own; leave the car on the streets around Copou Park, where parking in the area is usually paid. It is easier to come on foot or by public transport as far as the park.

### Fees & discounts

Full ticket 11 lei; groups of more than 9 people 8 lei per person; pensioners 6 lei; pupils and students 2 lei, with a pupil or student card. Free for pre-school children, people with disabilities and their companions, children from social care homes, ICOM card holders and accredited tour guides accompanying groups; on 1 June children up to 18 get in free, and on 1 December everyone does. Guided tour: 20 lei per person in Romanian, 60 lei in a foreign language (English, French, Italian), by appointment. Photography inside for personal use: 30 lei per hour; filming, 400 lei per hour.

### Rules

Photography inside is charged separately, and filming has its own fee. Exhibits must not be touched; follow the rules displayed at the entrance and the staff's instructions. Guided tours in a foreign language must be booked in advance.

### Facilities

permanent exhibition · temporary exhibitions

## Details

- **Collection type:** literary museum
- **Guided tour:** Yes
- **Audio guide:** No

## Frequently asked questions about Mihai Eminescu Museum

**How much is a ticket to Mihai Eminescu Museum?**

A ticket to Mihai Eminescu Museum costs 11 lei (students 2 lei, pensioners 6 lei). More under “Fees & discounts”.

**What are the opening hours of Mihai Eminescu Museum?**

Opening hours at Mihai Eminescu Museum: Monday closed, Tuesday–Sunday 10:00 – 17:00. More under “Opening hours”.

**How long does a visit to Mihai Eminescu Museum take?**

A visit to Mihai Eminescu Museum takes about 45 min (exhibition in a single building).

**Can you visit Mihai Eminescu Museum with kids?**

Yes, Mihai Eminescu Museum is suitable for children (the park around it, with paths).

**Where can I park at Mihai Eminescu Museum?**

There is paid parking at Mihai Eminescu Museum (on the streets around the park). More under “Where to park”.

**How do I get to Mihai Eminescu Museum?**

Mihai Eminescu Museum is located at Parcul Copou, Iași, Iași County. More under “Getting there”.

**When is the best time to visit Mihai Eminescu Museum?**

The best season for Mihai Eminescu Museum: All year round (autumn, in the colourful park).

## Nearby attractions

- [Copou Park (Grădina Copou)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/copou-park) — Parks and gardens · Iași, IS · Free · 1 – 1¼ hours · 0 km
  The oldest public park in Iași, laid out from 1834 on Copou hill, with the Lions' Obelisk, Eminescu's Linden Tree, the busts of the Junimea writers and the "Mihai Eminescu" Museum.
- [George Topîrceanu Memorial House](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/george-topirceanu-memorial-house) — Museums and memorial houses · Iași, IS · 11 lei · 30 min · 1 km
  The small house on Strada Ralet where the poet George Topîrceanu lived from 1932 until his death. The memorial museum inside, opened in 1985, keeps his working desk, manuscripts and cameras.
- [Vasile Pogor Museum – the House of Junimea (Casa Junimii)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/vasile-pogor-museum-the-house-of-junimea) — Museums and memorial houses · Iași, IS · 16 lei · ½ – 1 hours · 1 km
  The house in Copou where the “Junimea” society met and the magazine “Convorbiri literare” was published. A museum since 1972, redesigned around Junimea, with interactive panels and art installations.
- [“Anastasie Fătu” Botanical Garden, Iași](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/anastasie-fatu-botanical-garden-iasi) — Parks and gardens · Iași, IS · 2 – 2½ hours · 2 km
  The first botanical garden in Romania, run by “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University: almost 90 hectares on Copou Hill, with a rose garden, a greenhouse complex, a lake and annual chrysanthemum shows.
- [Ion Creangă's Bojdeuca (Ion Creangă Memorial House)](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/ion-creanga-s-bojdeuca) — Museums and memorial houses · Iași, IS · 16 lei · 45 min · 2 km
  The two-room cottage in Țicău where Ion Creangă lived from 1872 until his death and wrote “Memories of My Boyhood”. Opened as a museum in 1918, it is Romania's first literary memorial museum.
- [Banu Church](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/banu-church) — Churches · Iași, IS · 20 min · 2 km
  A masonry church in Iași, begun around 1800 on the site of a wooden church from 1705, with façades framed in stucco and a bell tower over the porch, close to the Union Museum.

## Featured in the guides

- [Things to do in Iași: what to see in 1–2 days, in the city and nearby](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/guides/things-to-do-in-iasi) — Palace of Culture (30 lei a museum), Trei Ierarhi, the Cathedral, Golia, Copou and Creangă's Bojdeuca, Botanical Garden; Ruginoasa and Miclăușeni ~65 km out.

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Last updated: 7 November 2026
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