# George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace [Romania](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/attractions) › [Muntenia](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/region/muntenia) › [București](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/city/bucuresti) > The Beaux-Arts palace on Calea Victoriei, built in 1901–1903 for Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, is the seat of the George Enescu National Museum; the building is closed for restoration, but its façade can be seen from the street. **At a glance:** Museums and memorial houses in București. The visit takes 15 min. Information verified on 26 October 2026. ## Key facts - **Opening hours:** The palace and the memorial house in Bucharest are closed to visitors for consolidation and restoration. The façade can be seen from Calea Victoriei at any time. The branches in Sinaia and Tescani are open Tuesday–Sunday, closed on Mondays. - **Visit duration:** 15 min — façade only, from the street - **With kids:** Yes — the façade can be seen from the street - **Parking:** Yes, paid — on-street, in the area, paid - **Best season:** All year round — the façade can be seen all year - **Address:** Calea Victoriei 141, București - **Coordinates:** 44.44871, 26.08834 - **Phone:** +40 21 318 14 50 - **Website:** https://www.georgeenescu.ro/ - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantacuzino_Palace - **Wikidata:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4540126 - **Categories:** [Museums and memorial houses](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzee-si-case-memoriale), [Castles and palaces](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/castele-si-palate) ## About George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace The palace at 141 Calea Victoriei was built between 1901 and 1903 for Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, known as “the Nabob”, a former mayor of the capital and prime minister, to plans by the architect Ion D. Berindey, in the French Beaux-Arts style, with a few Neo-Rococo rooms. For the decoration Cantacuzino called on the artists of the day: the murals carry the signatures of G. D. Mirea, Nicolae Vermont, Costin Petrescu and Arthur Verona, the sculptures are by Emil Wilhelm Becker, and the tapestries, chandeliers, lamps and stained glass come from the Krieger house in Paris. The Peace of Bucharest was signed here on 10 August 1913. After the Nabob's death, the palace passed to his son Mihail and Mihail's wife Maria, known as Maruca, who later remarried George Enescu. After the composer's death in 1955, Maria donated the property to the state for a museum bearing his name; the “George Enescu” Museum has been here since 19 June 1956. The building is a historic monument (LMI code B-II-m-A-19869). ### What you can see The palace is closed to visitors, so what can be seen now is the exterior. From Calea Victoriei, over the wrought-iron fence, you can see the light-coloured façade with its round pediment and the Cantacuzino coat of arms, the sculpted groups on the roof, the wrought-iron balconies and the glass canopy over the entrance, guarded by two stone lions. Inside, the museum presents Enescu's life in chronological order over a route of three rooms, through photographs, manuscripts, musical instruments, personal objects and documents. Behind the palace stands the house where Enescu and Maria lived in 1945–1946, now a memorial house. ### Good to know The palace and the memorial house behind it are closed to visitors for consolidation and restoration; in October 2026 the works resumed, with emergency repairs to the façade facing the inner courtyard. The museum carries on its activity at the “George Enescu” Memorial House in Sinaia and at the branch in Tescani, open Tuesday to Sunday. ## Don't miss - The two stone lions at the foot of the entrance steps. - The glass and wrought-iron canopy over the entrance. - The round pediment with the Cantacuzino coat of arms and the sculpted groups on the roof. - The wrought-iron fence and gate on the Calea Victoriei side. ## Good to know before you go ### Getting there **By car:** the palace is on Calea Victoriei, at number 141, between Piața Romană and Piața Victoriei. The area is busy, with paid on-street parking and few spaces. **Public transport:** the nearest metro stations are Piața Romană (M2), ~1.2 km on foot, and Piața Victoriei (M1 and M2), ~1.7 km. ### Where to park The palace has no car park for visitors. There is paid on-street parking in the area, with few free spaces during the day; the metro is the simpler option. ### Rules The building is not open to visits at present; the façade can be admired and photographed from the street, from the pavement. ## Details - **Construction period:** 1901–1903 - **Architectural style:** Beaux-Arts, with Neo-Rococo rooms - **Founder:** Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino - **Collection type:** memorial museum dedicated to George Enescu ## Frequently asked questions about George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace **How long does a visit to George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace take?** A visit to George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace takes about 15 min (façade only, from the street). **Can you visit George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace with kids?** Yes, George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace is suitable for children (the façade can be seen from the street). **Where can I park at George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace?** There is paid parking at George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace (on-street, in the area, paid). The palace has no car park for visitors. There is paid on-street parking in the area, with few free spaces during the day; the metro is the simpler option. **How do I get to George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace?** George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace is located at Calea Victoriei 141, București. By car: the palace is on Calea Victoriei, at number 141, between Piața Romană and Piața Victoriei. The area is busy, with paid on-street parking and few spaces. Public transport: the nearest metro stations are Piața Romană (M2), ~1.2 km on foot, and Piața Victoriei (M1 and M2), ~1.7 km. **When is the best time to visit George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace?** The best season for George Enescu National Museum – Cantacuzino Palace: All year round (the façade can be seen all year). ## Nearby attractions - [Filipescu-Cesianu House – Museum of Ages](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/casa-filipescu-cesianu) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 20 lei · ½ – 1 hours · 0 km The aristocratic residence of 1892 on Calea Victoriei, with a mansard roof and eclectic decoration, houses the Museum of Ages, on home and family life in Bucharest over the last 300 years. - [Victoria Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-victoria) — Monuments and historic sites · București · Free · 15 min · 1 km The seat of the Romanian Government in Victory Square, built between 1937 and 1952 to plans by Duiliu Marcu, in the simplified neoclassical style of the 1930s. - [Museum of Art Collections](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-colectiilor-de-arta) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 40 lei · 1 – 1½ hours · 1 km A museum in the former Romanit Palace on Calea Victoriei, with over 30 collections donated by Bucharest residents: modern Romanian painting, Oriental carpets, French furniture and a lapidarium in the cellars. - [Frederic Storck and Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck Museum](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-storck) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 20 lei · 45 min · 1 km The house and studio of the sculptor Frederic Storck and the painter Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, built in 1911–1913: sculpture, paintings and drawings by the Storck family, in a half-timbered building with a garden of stone fragments. - [Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-de-istorie-naturala-grigore-antipa) — Museums and memorial houses · București · 32 lei · 1½ – 2 hours · 1 km The museum on Kiseleff Road holds the 1907 dioramas, the Deinotherium skeleton and over 2 million zoological, palaeontological and mineralogical pieces, in a building inaugurated in 1908. - [Știrbei Palace](https://peplaiuri.ro/en/palatul-stirbei) — Castles and palaces · București · Free · 45 min · 1 km A Neoclassical palace on Calea Victoriei, built around 1835 to plans by Michel Sanjouand, with a façade decorated with caryatids; since 2025 it has housed the luxury store TOFF Galleries. --- Full page: https://peplaiuri.ro/en/muzeul-national-george-enescu Other languages: Română: https://peplaiuri.ro/muzeul-national-george-enescu.md · Deutsch: https://peplaiuri.ro/de/muzeul-national-george-enescu.md · Italiano: https://peplaiuri.ro/it/muzeul-national-george-enescu.md · Français: https://peplaiuri.ro/fr/muzeul-national-george-enescu.md · Español: https://peplaiuri.ro/es/muzeul-national-george-enescu.md · Magyar: https://peplaiuri.ro/hu/muzeul-national-george-enescu.md Last updated: 26 October 2026 Source: Pe Plaiuri (https://peplaiuri.ro/en) — Guide to tourist attractions in Romania