National Museum of Banat

The National Museum of Banat (Romanian: Muzeul Național al Banatului; abbreviated MNaB) is a museum in Timișoara, Romania, headquartered in Huniade Castle. It was founded in 1872 by the Society of History and Archeology of Banat (Romanian: Societatea de Istorie și Arheologie din Banat) on the initiative of the prefect of the then Temes County Zsigmond Ormós. It hosts the largest collection of archeological objects in Banat. The ground floor houses the 6,200-year-old Parța Neolithic Sanctuary. The museum includes departments for archeology, history and natural sciences. The museum also has a laboratory for conservation and preservation of objects of cultural heritage and history. History The establishment of the Society of History and Archeology of Banat on 25 July 1872 on the initiative of Prefect Zsigmond Ormós laid the foundations of the Museum of Banat. The first exhibits were initially housed in a room in the Palace of the Bishopric of Cenad and consisted of donations, adventitious archeological discoveries and acquisitions. In 1876, with the support of the prefect of Temes County, the Society of History and Archeology received two exhibition rooms in the Wellauer House on Lonovics Street (present-day Augustin Pacha Street), the museum's.