Two large floors of rooms and paintings is alot to take in. In comparison with the other museums, I found this to be expensive at over 50 Lei for an adult. There were alot of dark religious paintings which I do tire of, but then there were some very nice pictures in the Romanian section and Jan Van Eyck's 'Man in a Blue Cap' was captivating. When one thinks that this was painted around 1430, it is quite astonishing. The way Peter Paul Rubens captured light in 'St Franciscus Xaverius' is also outstanding. Well worth the tour for the palace and the paintings.

This is a most extraordinary art museum. A beautiful collection of art from extremely talented Romanian artists as well as a wonderful collection of many well known masters. A very large museum, so go when you have 3 hours. It’s the palace of an exceptional governor of the region who was an exceptional art collector, as well. Don’t miss this museum when you visit Sibiu. We went at 10am and they were closed till noon. So glad we returned!

This museum is worth a visit since it combines the surroundings of the Bruckenthal family mansion (with much of the original furniture), art works and a beautiful garden. There’s also a lapidary collection: fragments of grave stones and stone carvings from buildings dating back to the 16th century. The paintings are mostly religious themes or pictures of the family; other paintings include some of the Old Masters such as Cranach and Titian.