A wealthy businessman of Armenian extraction, Krikor Zambaccian (1889 - 1962) assembled, over the course of four decades, a remarkable art collection which he displayed in a specially designed house. Built by architect C.D. Galin in the 1930s, the house was enlarged in 1957 to provide more room for the permanent exhibit. In 1946 K.H. Zambaccian donated both his collect ...
Read moreion and the house to the State. The Museum, whose holdings included 165 paintings, 71 prints and drawings, 40 sculptures and 16 furniture pieces, was inaugurated in 1947.
The Museum was closed in 1978, and its holdings were integrated into The Art Collections Museum. It was only in 1996 that, following a large-scale programme involving the rehabilitation of Bucharest museums, the K.H. Zambaccian Museum was duly refurbished and reopened to the public in its original location.
